A poem by Alan Dugan
Now his nose’s bridge is broken, one eye
will not focus and the other is a stray;
trainers whisper in his mouth while one ear
listens to itself, clenched like a fist;
generally shadowboxing in a smoky room,
his mind hides like the aching boys
who lost a contest in the Panhellenic games
and had to take the back roads home,
but someone else, his perfect youth,
laureled in newsprint and dollar bills,
triumphs forever on the great white way
to the statistical Sparta of the champs.
A few random poems:
- The Garden By Moonlight poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Бундур – В зоологическом музее
- Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Человек
- Flowers Of The Dust by John Oxenham
- Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time by William Shakespeare
- Игорь Северянин – Парижские Жоржики
- Иван Мятлев – Падучая звезда
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись 5 к статуе Петра Великого
- Альфред Теннисон – Волшебница Шалот
- Sketch in Verse, inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox by Robert Burns
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Монастыркам
- absent-mindedness; or I Dream of Spices by Raj Arumugam
- Robert Burns: Wandering Willie: Revised Version
- England! awake! awake! awake! by William Blake
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.