A poem by Alan Dugan
I know but will not tell
you, Aunt Irene, why there
are soap suds in the whiskey:
Uncle Robert had to have
A drink while shaving.
A few random poems:
- Morning Poem #6 by Wanda Phipps
- A Soldier’s Reprieve by William Topaz McGonagall
- Жан де Лафонтен – Две Козы
- Вера Павлова – Я дождевой червь
- Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart by William Cowper
- Westgate-On-Sea poem – John Betjeman poems
- Elixer Vitæ poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Missile – A Tanka Poem
- The Last Letter by Priyanka Tungana
- I Chide Not At The Seasons poem – Alfred Austin
- Наум Коржавин – Еще в мальчишеские годы
- Иван Киуру – Медовый аптекарь
- Epigram at Brownhill Inn by Robert Burns
- Skyscrapers by Rifat Ilgaz
- The House Where We Were Wed by Will McKendree Carleton
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Gravity Suspended
- From Death
- Forfeiture
- For My Mother
- Fly Fly Butterfly
- Even The Rain
- Destiny Far Away
- Conversation
- Calling All Angels
- At The Locks Of The Void
- Anthem
- All In A Word
- A Teenage Pregnancy
- A Painting Morning
- A Child Of War
- Your Dream
- Ars Poetica
- The Vision Of Cassandra
- The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
- The Lament Of The Old Nurse
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.