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:
- France by Siegfried Sassoon
- Something by Robert Creeley
- There Came a Soul by Rita Dove
- Юлия Друнина – Все грущу о шинели
- On the Grasshopper (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Last Redoubt poem – Alfred Austin
- Astrophel and Stella: XCII by Sir Philip Sidney
- Inscription at Friars’ Carse Hermitage by Robert Burns
- The Young British Soldier by Rudyard Kipling
- A Maiden by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Корнилов – Прямота
- The Maid O’ Newton by William Barnes
- Олег Григорьев – Тонет муха в сладости
- Cloris, it is not thy disdaine by Sidney Godolphin
- Question mark remarks by Mark Miller
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
