Poems about madison (12 Poems)
An Ode In Time of Inauguration (Franklin P. Adams Poems)
(March 4, 1913) Thine aid, O Muse, I consciously beseech;I crave thy succour, ask for thine assistanceThat men may cry: ‘Some little ode! A peach!’O Muse, grant me the strength to go the distance!For odes, I learn, are dithyrambs, and … Continue reading
America Politica Historia, In Spontaneity (Gregory Corso Poems)
O this political air so heavy with the bellsand motors of a slow night, and no place to restbut rain to walk-How it rings the Washington streets!The umbrella’d congressmen; the rapping tiresof big black cars, the shoulders of lobbyistscaught under … Continue reading
A Southern Singer (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Written In Madison Caweln’s “Lyrics and Idyls.” Herein are blown from out the South Songs blithe as those of Pan’s pursed mouth– As sweet in voice as, in perfume, The night-breath of magnolia-bloom. Such sumptuous languor lures the sense– Such luxury of indolence– The eyes … Continue reading
Ang tunay na lalaki (The Real Man) Stalks in the Streets of New York (Nick Carbo Poems)
Looking to harvest what makes him happy.The AA meetings have thrownhim into iconoclastic jousts with Titansand Gorgons with glowing snake eyesand leather pants. This is lifewithout the Filipino bottle,without the star fruit boogie,without the ‘bomba’ films. He wears blackDr. Martens … Continue reading
She Was a Beauty (Henry Cuyler Bunner Poems)
She was a beauty in the daysWhen Madison was President;And quite coquettish in her ways-On cardiac conquests much intent. Grandpapa, on his right knee bent,Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned phrase-.She was a beauty in the daysWhen Madison was President. And … Continue reading
Rhapsody (Frank O Hara Poems)
515 Madison Avenuedoor to heaven? portalstopped realities and eternal licentiousnessor at least the jungle of impossible eagernessyour marble is bronze and your lianas elevator cablesswinging from the myth of ascendingI would joinor declining the challenge of racial attractionsthey zing on … Continue reading
Howl (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
For Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to … Continue reading
The Charm Of 5:30 (David Berman Poem)
It’s too nice a day to read a novel set in England. We’re within inches of the perfect distance from the sun, the sky is blueberries and cream, and the wind is as warm as air from a tire. Even … Continue reading
Self-Portrait At 28 (David Berman Poem)
I know it’s a bad title but I’m giving it to myself as a gift on a day nearly canceled by sunlight when the entire hill is approaching the ideal of Virginia brochured with goldenrod and loblolly and I think … Continue reading
Love And Marilyn Monroe (Delmore Schwartz Poems)
(after Spillane) Let us be aware of the true dark gods Acknowledgeing the cache of the crotch The primitive pure and pwerful pink and grey private sensitivites Wincing, marvelous in their sweetness, whence rises the future. Therefore let us praise … Continue reading