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:
- In The Event Of My Demise by Tupac Shakur
- On His Grotto at Twickenham poem – Alexander Pope
- The Gardener XI: Come As You Are by Rabindranath Tagore
- Welcome A.O.H. Men by Michael McGovern
- Summer – The Second Pastoral; or Alexis poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Confession (to Alina Osipova, 1826) poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Степан Щипачев – Опять тревожно, больно сердцу стало
- Elegy on Willie Nicol’s Mare by Robert Burns
- Sonnet 13: O, that you were your self! But, love, you are by William Shakespeare
- Loneliness poem – John Betjeman poems
- Sonnet IX. Keen, Fitful Gusts Are poem – John Keats poems
- Malmaison poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Набоков – Простая песня, грусть простая
- Ольга Седакова – Баллада
- To His Love When He Had Obtained Her by Sir Walter Raleigh
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
- Songs of Joy by William Henry Davies
- Seeking Beauty by William Henry Davies
- Sadness and Joy by William Henry Davies
- Rich or Poor by William Henry Davies
- Rich Days by William Henry Davies
- No Master by William Henry Davies
- Nell Barnes by William Henry Davies
- Money by William Henry Davies
- Leisure by William Henry Davies
- Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies
- Joy and Pleasure by William Henry Davies
- William Henry Davies – William Henry Davies
- In the Country by William Henry Davies
- In May by William Henry Davies
- Days Too Short by William Henry Davies
- Come, Let Us Find by William Henry Davies
- Charms by William Henry Davies
- April’s Charms by William Henry Davies
- All in June by William Henry Davies
- Ale by William Henry Davies
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Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.