Fitz Adam’s Story (James Russell Lowell Poems)
The next whose fortune 'twas a tale to tellWas one whom men, before they thought, loved well,And after thinking wondered ...
Poems about groceries (19 Poems)
Miss Thompson Goes Shopping (Martin Armstrong Poems)
Miss Thompson at HomeIn her lone cottage on the downs,With winds and blizzards and great crownsOf shining cloud, with wheeling ...
Old Cambridge (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
AND can it be you've found a placeWithin this consecrated space,That makes so fine a show,For one of Rip Van ...
The Colonel (Carolyn Forch Poems)
What you have heard is true. I was in his house.His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. Hisdaughter ...
Notice (J W Renoud Poems)
NOTICEStep up ye gallant fair and brave!Step up, Torn, Jake and Kate,Unto my store in Norwalk town,In Main Street, number ...
Epigram II – Lord Molasses (John Collings Squire Poems)
IS it not strange that Lord MolassesShould dare to preach to soldiers' wives,And seek to rob the working-classesOf both their ...
A S.S.T.’s Lament (Joseph Furphy Poems)
Would I were a profit monger,Buying cheap, and selling dear,Groceries, or something stronger,Toys, or pipes, or sporting gear,Wrong, maybe, but ...
Bird – Seed (C J Dennis Poems)
Old Pete Parraday, he isn't very wise --Or so the local gossips say -- They love to criticise His crazy ...
The Bush Veteran (C J Dennis Poems)
Old Pete Parraday, he toddles up the road,"Dangin'" things and "darn in'" things and hefting of his load For yesterday ...
If Only….. (Fay Inchfawn Poems)
If only dinner cooked itself,And groceries grew upon the shelf;If children did as they were told,And never had a cough ...
Next Day (Randall Jarrell Poem)
Moving from Cheer to Joy, from Joy to All, I take a box And add it to my wild rice, ...
Sackcloth (Brooks Haxton Poem)
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate speak ...
Nagasaki Days (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
I -- A Pleasant Afternoon for Michael Brownstein and Dick Gallup One day 3 poets and 60 ears sat under ...
Apple Picking (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Crisp air Ripe fruit Heavy on the bough. Cool in the hand. Filling my bag. Snap of a McIntosh Tart ...
The Colonel (Carolyn Forche Poem)
What you have heard is true. I was in his house. His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. ...
First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen Poem)
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm ...
Cape Breton (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
Out on the high "bird islands," Ciboux and Hertford, the razorbill auks and the silly-looking puffins all stand with their ...
Cool Tombs (Carl Sandburg Poems)
WHEN Abraham Lincoln was shoveled into the tombs, he forgot the copperheads and the assassin . in the dust, in ...
Handwriting on the Wall (Poem)
A weary mother returned from the store, Lugging groceries through the kitchen door. Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year ...