was then
by A.C. Zenner
it was…
as yet…
not eaten…
that meal…
which tore…
and drew…
the breath…
of life…
from her…
and all…
she strove…
to be…
to him…
his crust…
too thick…
to cut…
with just…
her meager knife
Copyright ©: A.C. Zenner
A few random poems:
- A Rustic Seat Near The Sea by William Lisle Bowles
- Sonnet 04
- Wish by W. S. Merwin
- The Dog and the Bear by William Somervile
- Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand
- To The Rev. Mr. Newton : An Invitation Into The Country by William Cowper
- Robert Burns: Epigram Addressed To An Artist:
- Hidebound by Shaunna Harper
- Tezcotzinco
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 3 poem – Alexander Pope
- A Rythm Upon Our Trusts by Michael McGovern
- Holding On by Satish Verma
- “European Union” by the (Roman/German) Eagles
- The Winds Out of the West Land Blow poem – A. E. Housman
- Гавриил Державин – Анакреон у печки
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
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
