Poems about travesty (8 Poems)
The Old-Home Folks (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Such was the Child-World of the long-ago–The little world these children used to know:–Johnty, the oldest, and the best, perhaps,Of the five happy little Hoosier chapsInhabiting this wee world all their own.–Johnty, the leader, with his native toneOf grave command–a … Continue reading
One Hundred and Three (Henry Lawson Poems)
With the frame of a man, and the face of a boy, and a manner strangely wild,And the great, wide, wondering, innocent eyes of a silent-suffering child;With his hideous dress and his heavy boots, he drags to Eternity-And the Warder … Continue reading
Arms And The Man – The Oaks And The Tempest (James Barron Hope Poems)
Oaks multiplied apace, and o’er the seas Big rumors went in many a winding ring; And stories fabulous on every breeze Swept to a distant King. Full many a tale of wild romance, and myth, In large hyperbole the New World told, And down from … Continue reading
Cul de Sac (Josephine Jacobsen Poems)
In the grassplot’s center was a bed of red roses,A circle in a pear; round-eyed and fragrantThe great tame blossoms loaded the noonWith pleasure; the grass sparkled under the sprinkler;The trees ranked black, banking the driveway;The ferns sprang, still. A … Continue reading
Yes And No (Laura Riding Jackson Poems)
Across a continent imaginaryBecause it cannot be discovered nowUpon this fully apprehended planet-No more applicants considered,Alas, alas- Ran an animal unzoological,Without a fate, without a fact,Its private history intactAgainst the travestyOf an anatomy. Not visible not invisible,Removed by dayless night,Did … Continue reading
God’s Acre (Conrad Potter Aiken Poems)
In Memory Of. In Fondest Recollection Of. In Loving Memory Of. In Fond Remembrance. Died in October. Died at Sea. Who died at sea? The name of the seaport Escapes her, gone, blown with the eastwind, over The tombs and … Continue reading
Yes And No (Laura Riding Jackson Poem)
Across a continent imaginary Because it cannot be discovered now Upon this fully apprehended planet- No more applicants considered, Alas, alas- Ran an animal unzoological, Without a fate, without a fact, Its private history intact Against the travesty Of an … Continue reading
Behold, As Goblins Dark Of Mien (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
BEHOLD, as goblins dark of mien And portly tyrants dyed with crime Change, in the transformation scene, At Christmas, in the pantomime, Instanter, at the prompter’s cough, The fairy bonnets them, and they Throw their abhorred carbuncles off And blossom … Continue reading