A poem by Alan Dugan
My mother never heard of Freud
and she decided as a little girl
that she would call her husband Dick
no matter what his first name was
and did. He called her Ditty. They
called me Bud, and our generic names
amused my analyst. That must, she said,
explain the crazy times I had in bed
and quoted Freud: “Life is pain.”
“What do women want?” and “My
prosthesis does not speak French.”
A few random poems:
- Song of Poplars poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Pagett, M.P. by Rudyard Kipling
- Владимир Британишский – В нашем вновь обретенном ленинградском доме
- English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. As the Heart Hopes. Люси Мод Монтгомери.
- Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster by Robert Burns
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 91. Oh, Ye Dead!. Томас Мур.
- Notice by Steve Kowit
- A Fact, And An Imagination, Or, Canute And Alfred, On The Seashore by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Высоцкий – Грустная песня о Ванечке
- Before Sleep poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Альфред де Мюссе – Да, женщины, тут нет ошибки
- Алексей Толстой – Угораздило кофейник
- Dark House by Sylvia Plath
- The Church An’ Happy Zunday by William Barnes
- We Are To Play The Game Of Death by Rabindranath Tagore
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- The Milk-Maid O’ The Farm by William Barnes
- The Mead A-Mow’d by William Barnes
- The Meäd In June by William Barnes
- The May-Tree by William Barnes
- The Maid Vor My Bride by William Barnes
- The Maid O’ Newton by William Barnes
- The Lovely Maïd Ov Elwell Meäd by William Barnes
- The Love Child by William Barnes
- The Little Worold by William Barnes
- The Linden On The Lawn by William Barnes
- The Lilac by William Barnes
- The Lew O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- The Leäne by William Barnes
- The Leädy’s Tower by William Barnes
- The Lark by William Barnes
- The Ivy by William Barnes
- The Hwomestead A-Vell Into Hand by William Barnes
- The Humstrum by William Barnes
- The Homestead by William Barnes
- The Hollow Woak by William Barnes
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Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.