A poem by Alan Dugan
I know but will not tell
you, Aunt Irene, why there
are soap suds in the whiskey:
Uncle Robert had to have
A drink while shaving.
A few random poems:
- Loving In Truth, And Fain In Verse My Love To Show by Sir Philip Sidney
- Sonnet 39: O, how thy worth with manners may I sing by William Shakespeare
- A Faery’s Lament poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster
- Couplets on Wit poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Behold, the grave of a wicked man by Stephen Crane
- Владимир Британишский – 1848 год в Зимнем дворце
- My Miracle Valentine by Tirtha Raj Baral (Sanu Punatare)
- Владимир Луговской – Ты руку на голову мне положила
- Федор Сологуб – Водой спокойной отражены
- FLORECER by Manolo Arriola
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 91. Oh, Ye Dead!. Томас Мур.
- Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns
- Английская поэзия. Перси Биши Шелли. К Мэри Шелли. Percy Bysshe Shelley. To Mary Shelley
- Юрий Коринец – Стихи о вшах
- Юлия Друнина – Большой ребёнок ты
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Welcome A.O.H. Men by Michael McGovern
- Weekend Glory by Maya Angelou
- Twilight Acts of Decadence. by Michael Levy
- Travel to Infinite Places by Michael Levy
- To A Cricket by Michael McGovern
- The Woods At Night by May Swenson
- The Waradgery Tribe by Mary Gilmore
- The Rock Cries Out to Us Today by Maya Angelou
- The Passing of Stumpy Shore by Mervyn John Webster
- The Mothering Blackness by Maya Angelou
- The Meaning of Music by Mercedes Madrigal
- The Lesson by Maya Angelou
- The January Birds by Maurice Riordan
- The Hermit Goes Up Attic by Maxine Kumin
- The Gravy Train by Michael Levy
- The Fishermen, The Gulls & The Bible People by Michael Estabrook
- The First Thrush by Mary Gilmore
- The Fairies Break Their Dances by A. E. Housman
- The Burning Crusade by Memphis Knight
- The Rolling Mills by Michael McGovern
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Alan Dugan (1923 – 2003) an American poet, a contemporary classic of American poetry.