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:
- Seasons by Tala Bar
- I Awake and Choose To Live by P.J.Reed
- Nothing Stays Put poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Choice by William Butler Yeats
- Жан де Лафонтен – Шершни и Пчелы
- On Wenlock Edge The Wood’s In Trouble poem – A. E. Housman
- Robert Burns: The Banks O’ Doon: First Version
- The Garden poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Средь бега дней моих порой
- Companions by Siegfried Sassoon
- Владимир Костров – Я стою, как дерево в лесу
- The Immortal Part poem – A. E. Housman
- Федор Тютчев – Анненковой (D’une fille du Nord, chetive et languissante)
- Lines Written In Dejection by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 53: What is your substance, whereof are you made by William Shakespeare
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
- Culver Dell And The Squire by William Barnes
- Corn A-Turnen Yollow by William Barnes
- Chris’mas Invitation by William Barnes
- Children’s Children by William Barnes
- Childhood by William Barnes
- Changes by William Barnes
- Brookwell by William Barnes
- Bringen Woone Gwaïn O’ Zundays by William Barnes
- Bob The Fiddler by William Barnes
- Blessens A-Left by William Barnes
- Bleäke’s House In Blackmwore by William Barnes
- Blackmwore Maidens by William Barnes
- The Blackbird by William Barnes
- Bishop’s Caundle by William Barnes
- Bees A-Zwarmen by William Barnes
- Beauty Undecked by William Barnes
- Be’mi’ster by William Barnes
- Bad News by William Barnes
- Aunt’s Tantrums by William Barnes
- Angels By The Door by William Barnes
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.