Poems about vanity (24 Poems)
Double Ballade on the Nothingness of Things (William Ernest Henley Poem)
The big teetotum twirls, And epochs wax and wane As chance subsides or swirls; But of the loss and gain The sum is always plain. Read on the mighty pall, The weed of funeral That covers praise and blame, The … Continue reading
Middle Passage (Robert Hayden Poem)
I Jesús, Estrella, Esperanza, Mercy: Sails flashing to the wind like weapons, sharks following the moans the fever and the dying; horror the corposant and compass rose. Middle Passage: voyage through death to life upon these shores. “10 April 1800– … Continue reading
Advertisement For The Waldorf-Astoria (Langston Hughes Poem)
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf-Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says about the new Waldorf-Astoria: “All the luxuries of private home. . . .” Now, won’t that be charming when … Continue reading
An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like whales beached on the sand covered in the dunes each car, like an archaeological dig ancient Egypt a treasure discovered found buried as if forgotten by time an individual sarcophagus of snow the layer of sand, of time pushed … Continue reading
Plates – 1 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
How 4CHINIT, HOWBZR, it’s like they know me yes please, another cup of COFFEE I LOVE DEBEAN On a WINDEE cold morning, when it is ICECOLD I need MOJAVA Learn about your NEIGHBR TEACH the children, the INOCENT Free NEPAL … Continue reading
Apple-Pie and Cheese (Eugene Field Poem)
Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powers Has come across the ocean To harm this land of ours; And heresies called fashions Have modesty effaced, And baleful, morbid passions Corrupt our native taste. O tempora! O mores! What … Continue reading
To Mr. F. Now Earl of W (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
No sooner, FLAVIO, was you gone, But, your Injunction thought upon, ARDELIA took the Pen; Designing to perform the Task, Her FLAVIO did so kindly ask, Ere he returned agen. Unto Parnassus strait she sent, And bid the Messenger, that … Continue reading
To A Husband (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
This is to the crown and blessing of my life, The much loved husband of a happy wife; To him whose constant passion found the art To win a stubborn and ungrateful heart, And to the world by tenderest proof … Continue reading
On The Hurricane (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
You have obey’d, you WINDS, that must fulfill The Great Disposer’s righteous Will; Throughout the Land, unlimited you flew, Nor sought, as heretofore, with Friendly Aid Only, new Motion to bestow Upon the sluggish Vapours, bred below, Condensing into Mists, … Continue reading
La Passion Vaincue (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray’d,) Stood resolving to banish all Sense of the Pain, And pursue, thro’ her Death, a Revenge on the Swain. Since the Gods, and … Continue reading