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:
- To the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell
- София Парнок – Тихо плачу и пою
- Валерий Брюсов – Е.Т. (Кто глаза ее оправил)
- Ghazal of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Владимир Степанов – Суворовец
- Илья Эренбург – Круг
- Sonnet (XII) : O Buddha ! I do wish to follow your golden middle path by Neelam Sinha
- A daily prayer by a kid by Sunil Sharma
- From The Long Sad Party by Mark Strand
- Reconciliation by Siegfried Sassoon
- Lovers in Cafe by Aiyah De Torres
- Шекспир – Весну не перельешь в хрусталь – Сонет 6
- Objector by William Stafford
- The Wise Builder by William Somervile
- The Lads in Their Hundreds poem – A. E. Housman
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 Consolation to Cuckholds by William Wycherley poems
- A Soft Day by Winifred Mary Letts
- What Reward? by Winifred Mary Letts
- To A Soldier In Hospital by Winifred Mary Letts
- To A May Baby by Winifred Mary Letts
- Tim, An Irish Terrier by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Spires Of Oxford by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Kerry Cow by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Harbour by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Deserter by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Connaught Rangers by Winifred Mary Letts
- The Call To Arms In Our Street by Winifred Mary Letts
- Synge’s Grave by Winifred Mary Letts
- Screens (In a Hospital) by Winifred Mary Letts
- Easter Snow by Winifred Mary Letts
- Chaplain To The Forces by Winifred Mary Letts
- Casualty by Winifred Mary Letts
- And She is Spoke by Winifred Mary Letts
- A Dog’s Grave by Winifred Mary Letts
- Love Sonnet XXV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
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.