by Ainne Frances dela Cruz
In my old age,
my parents have decided
to give me space:
a room of my own
complete with a bed
and a view of the
woods beside our house.
As the body grows older
it grows inflexible, it seems
either that
or my bed is too hard
I can’t sleep nights.
My muscles involuntarily
curve to an imaginary space
you occupied
lifetimes ago.
I feel the strain of living
whenever my cheek touches
bedsheets, made rough-smooth
by the spin-dry cycle of
the washing-machine downstairs.
I open my windows
to the elements.
I laugh at the face
of cyclones.
There is no reason
to stay.
Why will I
miss this place?
THE LAB 7TH EDITION. Summer 2011, Cultural Arts & Theatre Society
Copyright ©:
2011
A few random poems:
- A Reminiscence poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Death by William Butler Yeats
- The Gardener XXI: Why Did He Choose by Rabindranath Tagore
- A Thing of Beauty (Endymion) poem – John Keats poems
- My Sad Self poem – Allen Ginsberg
- In Imitation of E. of Rochester : On Silence poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
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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
- Three Songs Of Zahir U Din
- Thoughts Mahomed Akram
- Though In My Firmament Thou Wilt Not Shine
- This Month The Almonds Bloom At Kandahar
- There Is No Breeze To Cool The Heat Of Love
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- The Tom Toms
- The Temple Dancing Girl
- The Teak Forest
- The Singer
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- The Rice Was Under Water
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- The Regret Of The Ranee In The Hall Of Peacocks
- The Rao Of Ilore
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- The Masters
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
