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:
- Return From Business
- A Wasted Illness by Thomas Hardy
- Lover’s Gifts XLII: Are You a Mere Picture by Rabindranath Tagore
- A Tale of Starvation poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Life a battlefield by Tanisha Avarsekar
- Владимир Маяковский – Вперед, комсомольцы
- With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh by William Wordsworth
- The Birch-Tree at Loschwitz poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Room by Mark Strand
- Юлиан Анисимов – Из Рильке
- Sonnet LXX by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Британишский – 1848 год в Зимнем дворце
- Seven Watchmen by Rudyard Kipling
- Олег Бундур – Учительница открыла журнал
- Arms And The Boy by Wilfred Owen
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
- Nominalism Is A Liquid Kuhi
- My Mother’s Grief
- If Truth In Hearts That Perish
- I Havent Betrayed You My Hometown
- Eclipse Of Love
- Divided Passion
- Death039s Claim
- Dear Bhikkhu A Eulogy
- As With A Senryu S Hardening Ridge
- A Gogyohka And The Forgotten Panopticon
- A Faded Postcard Is A Tanka Daydream
- The Dead Woman poem – Pablo Neruda
- If Truth in Hearts That Perish poem – A. E. Housman
- Fragment of a Greek Tragedy poem – A. E. Housman
- Diffugere Nives poem – A. E. Housman
- Water Strider
- The Infernal Regions
- Honeycomb
- Dark Matter
- Wet City Night
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
