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:
- Sporting Acquaintances by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Brigs of Ayr by Robert Burns
- Morale by Sunil Sharma
- Love and Burgers: Compatible or Incompatible Relationship?
- Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood:
- On A View Of Pasadena From The Hills by Yvor Winters
- My Heart Screams by Roberto Cocina
- Rains Have Come poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Pathetic Way Of Getting Over Me by Shel Silverstein
- София Парнок – В земле бесплодной не взойти зерну
- Владимир Высоцкий – Слева бесы, справа бесы
- The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler
- What Hidden Sweetness Is There by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Three Beggars by William Butler Yeats
- The Woman In The Rye by Thomas Hardy
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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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.