Words to Live By (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We sat with rapt attention to the sheet on the table, our bibles open to the passage, the instruction, admonition ...
Poems about attention (48 Poems)
Energy (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Energy, passion flowed from his manner, his words, his motion, his attention to detail, his bringing us with him as ...
Hydroponic (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Living fibers hairs and legs tendrils, radiating outward downward to the depths like albino house centipedes bursting for attention in ...
A Hug (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A purposeful stride across the room, a draping of a body across my shoulders, as I write lines on the ...
She Did It Herself (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A sick ten year old thought of me, before herself this afternoon, in the quiet of the house knowing my ...
Orange amid the Greens and Grey (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Living orange, growing, spreading eating the limb of the living tree, framed by the field, the backdrop of other fall ...
Mold in the Memories (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A certain smell distinct and acrid mold in the memories the boxes of our past saved too long in the ...
The Wall (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Maybe those who believe A piece of your soul Is stolen with each photograph taken Are right Reflecting back over ...
Open Mic (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Can you hear me in the back? Let's see - A little about me Set the mood, a light laugh ...
Out of the Clear Blue Sky (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The sky was so clear and blue today it took my attention away from the walk to the bank where ...
Aristophanes for You (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A famous Greek, a playwright of the Gods a name from my scholastic memory, my past now on my computer ...
A New Shepherd (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We heard a new shepherd in the quiet of the congregation listening, hanging on each new word our attention held ...
A piteous plaint (Eugene Field Poem)
I cannot eat my porridge, I weary of my play; No longer can I sleep at night, No longer romp ...
The River Scamander (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
I'M now disposed to give a pretty tale; Love laughs at what I've sworn and will prevail; Men, gods, and ...
The Psalter (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; I can't resist, whatever may have passed, But must relate, what ...
The Old Man’s Calendar (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, That most forgot from which true bliss would rise When marriage for ...
The Magic Cup (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
THE worst of ills, with jealousy compared, Are trifling torments ev'ry where declared. IMAGINE, to yourself a silly fool, To ...
The Hermit (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
The Ear-Maker And The Mould-Mender (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN William went from home (a trader styled): Six months his better half he left with child, A simple, comely, ...
The Gascon (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
I AM always inclined to suspect The best story under the sun As soon as by chance I detect That ...
The Contract (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
THE husband's dire mishap, and silly maid, In ev'ry age, have proved the fable's aid; The fertile subject never will ...
Neighbour Peter’s Mare (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), But little preached, except when vintage came; And then no preparation he required ...
St. Julian’s Prayer (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, How many round attribute all their cares! In these howe'er I never ...
Friar Philip’s Geese (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IF these gay tales give pleasure to the FAIR, The honour's great conferred, I'm well aware; Yet, why suppose the ...
Joconde (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store; Each FAIR, with ...
Belphegor Addressed To Miss De Chammelay (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, The last effusions of my muse to grace. O charming Phillis! may ...
The Shepherd And The Calm (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
Soothing his Passions with a warb'ling Sound, A Shepherd-Swain lay stretch'd upon the Ground; Whilst all were mov'd, who their ...
The Ox (Russell Edson Poem)
There was once a woman whose father over the years had become an ox. She would hear him alone at ...
The Floor (Russell Edson Poem)
The floor is something we must fight against. Whilst seemingly mere platform for the human stance, it is that place ...
Growltiger’s Last Stand (T. S. Eliot Poems)
GROWLTIGER was a Bravo Cat, who lived upon a barge; In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed ...