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:
- Lines to a Gentleman who sent a Newspaper by Robert Burns
- Dedication To The Edition Of 1876 To H.J.A. poem – Alfred Austin
- Яков Полонский – Полонский здесь не без привета
- To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Mother by Sachin Yadav (Pen Name: Rahul Nachhiketa)
- Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 by William Wordsworth
- February 23
- A Pact poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Владимир Маяковский – В шикарном вагоне, в вагоне-салоне… (Главполитпросвет №315)
- Юрий Левитанский – Человек, строящий воздушные замки
- Hey! Mr.Pothole by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Владимир Высоцкий – Живу я в лучшем из миров
- This I Beg To Have by Luis Estable
- Огюст Барбье – Известность
- On Receiving A Curious Shell poem – John Keats poems
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
- Hope And Riders
- Do I
- Communal War
- Blank Dreams
- Before
- Again
- A Voice
- A Toast To Nations
- What Of The Night
- Vows
- To Morrow
- The Winged Mariners
- The Watchman
- The Virgin Martyr
- The Vain Question
- The Soldiers Grave
- The Silence In The Church
- The Season
- The Resting Place
- The Old Manor House
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.
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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works