Last Word To Childhood
by A. S. J. Tessimond
Ice-cold fear has slowly decreased
As my bones have grown, my height increased.
Though I shiver in snow of dreams, I shall never
Freeze again in a noonday terror.
I shall never break, my sinews crumble
As God-the-headmaster’s fingers fumble
At the other side of unopening doors
Which I watch for a hundred thousand years.
I shall never feel my thin blood leak
While darkness stretches a paw to strike
Or Nothing beats an approaching drum
Behind my back in a silent room.
I shall never, alone, meet the end of my world
At the bend of a path, the turn of a wall:
Never, or once more only, and
That will be once and an end of end.

A few random poems:
- Robert Burns: Willie Brew’d A Peck O’ Maut:
- On a Certain Lady at Court poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Юнна Мориц – Зейдер-Зее
- Macer : A Character poem – Alexander Pope
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 4 poem – Alexander Pope
- Николай Языков – Прощальная песня (В последний раз приволье жизни братской)
- God Is Good by John Oxenham
- Gravelly Run poem – A. R. Ammons poems | Poetry Monster
- nursery_rhyme_for_a_twenty_first_birthday.html
- Robert Burns: Epistle To Dr. Blacklock: Ellisland, 21st Oct., 1789
- Robert Burns: Thou Fair Eliza:
- Ballade Of A Toyokuni Colour-Print by William Ernest Henley
- Казимир Лисовский – Река Енисей
- Armless Enemies by Satish Verma
- Skyscrapers by Rifat Ilgaz
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
- The Jungle Flower
- The Hut
- The Hospital On The Shore
- The Garden Of Kama Kama The Indian Eros
- The Garden By The Bridge
- The First Wife
- The First Lover
- The Dying Prince
- The Convert
- The Cactus
- The Cactus Thicket
- The Bride
- The Aloe
- Syed Amir
- Surface Rights
- Surf Song
- Sunstroke
- Story Of Udaipore Told By Lalla Ji The Priest
- Story Of Lilavanti
- Story By Lalla Ji The Priest
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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