A poem by Alan Dugan
I live inside of a machine
or machines. Every time one
goes off another starts. Why
don’t I go outside and sleep
on the ground. It is because
I’m scared of the open night
and stars looking down at me
as God’s eyes, full of questions;
and when I do sleep out alone
I wake up soaking wet
with the dew-fall and am
being snuffed at by a female fox
who stinks from being skunked.
Also there are carrion insects
climbing my private parts. Therefore
I would find shelter in houses,
rented or owned. Anything that money
can build or buy is better than
the nothing of the sky at night,
the stars being the visible past.
A few random poems:
- Sonnet To George Keats: Written In Sickness poem – John Keats poems
- Suppressed Stanzas of “The Vision” by Robert Burns
- Robert Burns: Thou Gloomy December :
- Eclogue:–A Ghost by William Barnes
- In A Light Time by Philip Levine
- The Road to Avignon poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- On The Death Of Mrs. Throckmorton’s Bullfinch by William Cowper
- The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux poem – A. E. Housman
- In The Month When Sings The Cuckoo poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet LXIX by William Shakespeare
- Screens (In a Hospital) by Winifred Mary Letts
- A New Heaven (To-On Active Service) by Wilfred Owen
- Ольга Берггольц – И вновь одна, совсем одна в дорогу
- Владимир Маяковский – Студенту пролетарию
- Владимир Маяковский – Универсальный ответ
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.