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:
- A Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Алишер Навои – Сердце взял мое сын мага
- God’s Wheel by Shel Silverstein
- The Terrible Abstractions by Vernon Scannell
- Владимир Маяковский – Радоваться рано
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Лесная дева
- Николай Карамзин – Стихи к портрету И.И. Дмитриева (Министр, поэт и друг)
- To the Author of a Poem Entitled Succession poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Robert Burns: The Soldier’s Return:
- English Poetry. George Eliot. How Lisa Loved the King. Джордж Элиот.
- Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa
- Eudaemonism In A Senryu Novel
- A winning lot
- Last Turn Of The Morning Carousel/Forever Turn The Midnight Carousel by Matthew Abuelo
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Наездница
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
- A Sigh In The Night
- A Sermon
- A Prayer
- A Dream Of Venice
- A Supplication
- Written Juice Lemon
- Written In Juice Of Lemon
- Wit
- Welcome
- Vote Excerpt
- Usurpation
- Tree Knowledge
- To The Royal Society
- To The Lord Falkland
- To Sir William Davenant
- Thisbes Song
- The Wish
- The Welcome
- The Vote Excerpt
- The Usurpation
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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.