The Tariff On Tin (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Monarch of Hannah's rocking-chair,With unclipped beard and unkempt hair,Sitting at ease by the kitchen fire, Nor heeding the wind and the ...
Poems about buttermilk (20 Poems)
A Letter (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Dear Miss Lucy: I been t'inkin' dat I 'd write you long fo' dis, But dis writin' 's mighty tejous, an' ...
Torn In Shreds (Mirabai Poems)
Mine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else.On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my ...
Big John Henry (Margaret Walker Poems)
Big John HenryThis here's a tale of a sho-nuff manWhut lived one time in the delta lan'His hand was big ...
Meal Time (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
Liza! call dat chileEn make her wash her faceEn cum on to de tableSo Pap can say de grace.You let ...
The Birth Of John Henry (Melvin B Tolson Poems)
The night John Henry is bornan ax of lightning splits the sky,and a hammer of thunder pounds the earth,and the ...
Mine is Gopal (Mirabai Poems)
Mine Is GopalMine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else.On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone ...
Bringing My Son To The Police Station To Be Fingerprinted (Shoshauna Shy Poems)
My lemon-coloredwhisper-weight blousewith keyhole closureand sweetheart neckline is tuckedinto a pastel silhouette skirtwith side-slit ventsand triplicate pleatswhen I realize in ...
Silent Poem (Robert Francis Poems)
backroad leafmold stonewall chipmunkunderbrush grapevine woodchuck shadblowwoodsmoke cowbarn honeysuckle woodpilesawhorse bucksaw outhouse wellsweepbackdoor flagstone bulkhead buttermilkcandlestick ragrug firedog brownbreadhilltop outcrop ...
In Country Sleep (Dylan Thomas Poems)
INever and never, my girl riding far and nearIn the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,Fear or believe ...
In The White Giant’s Thigh (Dylan Thomas Poems)
Through throats where many rivers meet, the curlews cry,Under the conceiving moon, on the high chalk hill,And there this night ...
Twenty Years (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
Beg your pardon, old fellow! I thinkI was dreaming just now when you spoke.The fact is, the musical clinkOf the ...
In Grandmamma’s (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In grandmamma's kitchen, things got in a riot—The cream in a pot on the shelf,Where everything always seemed peaceful and ...
Kitty Of Coleraine (Edward Lysaght Poems)
As beautiful Kitty one morning was trippingWith a pitcher of milk from the fair of Coleraine,When she saw ...
If I Could Fly (Edwin Carty Ranck Poems)
(What the Little Boy Thought.) If I had wings just like a bird Do you know what ...
Keeping Going (Seamus Heaney Poem)
The piper coming from far away is you With a whitewash brush for a sporran Wobbling round you, a kitchen ...
Knoxville Tennessee (Nikki Giovanni Poem)
I always like summer Best you can eat fresh corn From daddy's garden And okra And greens And cabbage And ...
Silent Poem (Robert Francis Poem)
backroad leafmold stonewall chipmunk underbrush grapevine woodchuck shadblow woodsmoke cowbarn honeysuckle woodpile sawhorse bucksaw outhouse wellsweep backdoor flagstone bulkhead buttermilk ...
The Pilgrim (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I fasted for some forty days on bread and buttermilk, For passing round the bottle with girls in rags or ...
Blue (May Swenson Poems)
Blue, but you are Rose, too, and buttermilk, but with blood dots showing through. A little salty your white nape ...