extinction (21 Poems)
Marvoil (Ezra Pound Poems)
A poor clerk I, ‘Arnaut the less’ they call me,And because I have small mind to sitDay long, long day cooped on a stoolA-jumbling o’ figures for Maitre Jacques Polin,I ha’ taken to rambling the South here. The Vicomte of … Continue reading
As It Was Written (Anne Sexton Poems)
Earth, earth,riding your merry-go-roundtoward extinction,right to the roots,thickening the oceans like gravy,festering in your caves,you are becoming a latrine.Your trees are twisted chairs.Your flowers moan at their mirrors,and cry for a sun that doesn’t wear a mask. Your clouds wear … Continue reading
Crossed Oars (Boris Pasternak Poems)
My boat throbbed in the drowsy depths, willows bowed, kissing collarbones, elbows and rowlocks – oh wait, yes, all of this might happen to anyone! Isn’t it all just trivial.a singing. Isn’t its meaning – the lilac petals on water, … Continue reading
Empty my Heart, of Thee (Emily Dickinson Poems)
587 Empty my Heart, of Thee -Its single Artery -Begin, and leave Thee out -Simply Extinction’s Date – Much Billow hath the Sea -One Baltic – They -Subtract Thyself, in play,And not enough of meIs left – to put away … Continue reading
The Missing All-prevente (Emily Dickinson Poems)
985 The Missing All-prevented MeFrom missing minor Things.If nothing larger than a World’sDeparture from a Hinge-Or Sun’s extinction, be observed-‘Twas not so large that ICould lift my Forehead from my workFor Curiosity. (Emily Dickinson)
The Old Fools (Philip Larkin Poem)
What do they think has happened, the old fools, To make them like this? Do they somehow suppose It’s more grown-up when your mouth hangs open and drools, And you keep on pissing yourself, and can’t remember Who called this … Continue reading
Aubade (Philip Larkin Poem)
I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see what’s really always there: Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making … Continue reading
The Speed of Creation (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The slow calving of a glacier, the sudden eruption of a once dormant volcano The birth of a rainbow at the end of rain, the crawl of a land tortoise across the parched earth The slide of a snail, the … Continue reading
FOR THE LAST WOLVERINE (James Dickey Poem)
They will soon be down To one, but he still will be For a little while still will be stopping The flakes in the air with a look, Surrounding himself with the silence Of whitening snarls. Let him eat The … Continue reading
At The Smithville Methodist Church (Stephen Dunn Poem)
It was supposed to be Arts & Crafts for a week, but when she came home with the “Jesus Saves” button, we knew what art was up, what ancient craft. She liked her little friends. She liked the songs they … Continue reading