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:
- Robert Burns: My Heart’s In The Highlands:
- Ольга Берггольц – О, где ты запела
- Flowers Of The Dust by John Oxenham
- К той, что названа Кариной
- Алексей Жемчужников – Почему
- Reply to a Trimming Epistle, received from a Tailor by Robert Burns
- Astrophel and Stella: XXXIII by Sir Philip Sidney
- Astigmatism poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Степанов – Мишка (Буква М)
- The house where I was born (06) by Yves Bonnefoy
- Robert Burns: The Song Of Death: Scene-A Field of Battle. Time of the day-evening. The wounded and dying of the victorious army are supposed to join in the following song.
- A Memory Of Youth by William Butler Yeats
- Towards The sky by Pushpendra Singh Baghel
- “While with fond rapture and amaze” by Tobias Smollett
- I Have Dreamed of You so Much by Robert Desnos
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
- Sir Giles’ War-Song by William Morris
- Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery by William Morris
- Sad-Eyed and Soft and Grey by William Morris
- Riding Together by William Morris
- Pomona by William Morris
- Our Hands Have Met by William Morris
- Night by William Morris
- Near But Far Away by William Morris
- Near Avalon by William Morris
- Mine and Thine by William Morris
- March by William Morris
- Love’s Gleaning Tide by William Morris
- King Arthur’s Tomb by William Morris
- In Prison by William Morris
- Iceland First Seen by William Morris
- For the Bed at Kelmscott by William Morris
- Flora by William Morris
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Day by William Morris
- Autumn by William Morris
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.