happens (31 Poems)
True Believer (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
It is you who believes in me who wants the best for me who gives me the strength For you are my one true love NOTHING happens by chance We are here to be together You and me to cheer … Continue reading
Chance Greeting (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Will I know it When it happens Will my heart be open Ready to risk Ready to leave behind Again? (Raymond A. Foss)
The Dog (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god of love has oft recourse, When arrows fail to reach the secret source, And I’ll maintain he’s right, for, ‘mong … Continue reading
Curse of the Cat Woman (Edward Field Poem)
It sometimes happens that the woman you meet and fall in love with is of that strange Transylvanian people with an affinity for cats. You take her to a restuarant, say, or a show, on an ordinary date, being attracted … Continue reading
A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears, and Some Books (Robert Frost Poems)
Old Davis owned a solid mica mountain In Dalton that would someday make his fortune. There’d been some Boston people out to see it: And experts said that deep down in the mountain The mica sheets were big as plate-glass … Continue reading
On Looking Up By Chance At The Constellations (Robert Frost Poem)
You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves. The sun and moon get crossed, but they never touch, Nor strike out … Continue reading
Snow (Robert Frost Poem)
The three stood listening to a fresh access Of wind that caught against the house a moment, Gulped snow, and then blew free again-the Coles Dressed, but dishevelled from some hours of sleep, Meserve belittled in the great skin coat … Continue reading
The Fear (Robert Frost Poem)
A lantern light from deeper in the barn Shone on a man and woman in the door And threw their lurching shadows on a house Near by, all dark in every glossy window. A horse’s hoof pawed once the hollow … Continue reading
The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad (Russell Edson Poem)
This is the house of the closet-man. There are no rooms, just hallways and closets. Things happen in rooms. He does not like things to happen . . . Closets, you take things out of closets, you put things into … Continue reading
The Song Of The Jellicles (T. S. Eliot Poem)
Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright– Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball. Jellicle Cats are black and white, Jellicle Cats are rather small; Jellicle Cats are merry and bright, … Continue reading