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:
- O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! by Walt Whitman
- Beguiling by Roger McGough
- Аля Кудряшева – Я работаю солнечной батареей
- Василий Тредиаковский – Видеть все женские лица
- Олег Бундур – Когда я вернусь
- Яков Полонский – Поцелуй
- Владимир Британишский – Чернышев переулок и мост Чернышев
- The Epic of Jack and Jill by Robby Charters
- Afterimages by Satish Verma
- Владимир Высоцкий – Водой наполненные горсти
- Sonnet 8: Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? by William Shakespeare
- The Bride poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Rita And The Rifle by Mahmoud Darwish
- Sonnet 54: O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem by William Shakespeare
- On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage by William Cowper
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
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- Reason The Use Of It In Divine Matters
- Platonick Love
- On The Death Of Sir Henry Wootton
- On The Death Of Mr William Hervey
- On The Death Of Mr Crashaw
- Of Wit
- Not Fair
- Life
- Hymn To Light
- Hymn Light
- Epitaph
- Despair
- Death Sir Henry Wootton
- Davideis Sacred Poem Troubles David Excerpt
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- Cousel
- Constantias Song
- Constantia039s Song
- Concealment
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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.