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:
- Robert Burns: Prologue Spoken At The Theatre Of Dumfries: On New Year’s Day Evening, 1790.
- My Mother by Claude McKay
- Robert Burns: Extempore In The Court Of Session:
- Sing Me A Rainbow by Shel Silverstein
- Николай Карамзин – Куплеты из одной сельской комедии, игранной благородными любителями театра
- Ho, everyone that thirsteth poem – A. E. Housman
- Sonnet 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот какое обещание молодой солдат дает… (Главполитпросвет №376)
- In Imitation of Spenser : The Alley poem – Alexander Pope
- Вера Павлова – Перед дальней дорогой
- September
- Character Of Charles Brown poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Счастье искусств
- Николай Некрасов – Великодушный поступок
- Омар Хайям – Нет ни рая, ни ада, о сердце моё
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 Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.