The Rhemese (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer:Of France the pride and honour I aver;The Holy Ampoule and delicious wine,Which ...
Poems about contraband (20 Poems)
The “William P. Frye” (Jeanne Robert Foster Poems)
I saw her first abreast the Boston Light At anchor; she had just come in, turned head, And sent her hawsers creaking, ...
The Sweet Little Man (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
DEDICATED TO THE STAY-AT-HOME RANGERSNow, while our soldiers are fighting our battles,Each at his post to do all that he ...
The William P. Frye (Jeanne Robert Foster Poems)
I saw her first abreast the Boston LightAt anchor; she had just come in, turned head,And sent her hawsers creaking, ...
The Children of the Poor (Gwendolyn Brooks Poems)
1People who have no children can be hard:Attain a mail of ice and insolence:Need not pause in the fire, and ...
Kingdom Coming (Henry Clay Work Poems)
Say, darkeys, hab you seen de massa,Wid de muffstash on his face,Go long de road some time dis mornin',Like he ...
What Shall We Do With The Contrabands? (James Madison Bell Poems)
Shall we arm them? Yes, arm them! Give to each man A rifle, a musket, a cutlass or sword;Then on to ...
Only Mules (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
"The submarine was quite within its rights in sinking the cargo of the Armenian,-1,422 mules valued at $191,400."No matter; we ...
What Shall I Give My Children (Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks Poems)
What shall I give my children? who are poor,Who are adjudged the leastwise of the land,Who are my sweetest lepers, ...
Calling Dreams (Georgia Douglas Johnson Poems)
The right to make my dreams come trueI ask, nay, I demand of life,Nor shall fate's deadly contrabandImpede my steps, ...
Ships That Pass (An Episode Of The Cruiser Patrol) (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
We sighted her one day early; the forenoon watch was begun,There was mist like wool on the water, and a ...
The Silent Navy (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
Oh, it is not in the papers and we cannot always knowWhere to find the Silent Service whose address is ...
The Rhyme of the Three Sealers (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Away by the lands of the Japanee Where the paper lanterns glow And the crews of all the shipping drink ...
Rondeau Redoublé (Sophie Hannah Poem)
I know the rules and hear myself agree Not to invest beyond this one night stand. I know your patter: ...
The Rhemese (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer: Of France the pride and honour I aver; The Holy Ampoule and ...
Metro North (Mark Doty Poem)
Over the terminal, the arms and chest of the god brightened by snow. Formerly mercury, formerly silver, surface yellowed by ...
“Heavenly Father” — take to thee (Emily Dickinson Poem)
"Heavenly Father" -- take to thee The supreme iniquity Fashioned by thy candid Hand In a moment contraband -- Though ...
Millennium (Ellis Parker Butler Poem)
The great millennium is at hand. Redder apples grow on the tree. A saxophone is in ev'ry band. Brandy no ...
Georgic on Memory (Erin Belieu Poem)
Make your daily monument the Ego, use a masochist's epistemology of shame and dog-eared certainty that others less exacting might ...
Shame (Richard Wilbur Poems)
It is a cramped little state with no foreign policy, Save to be thought inoffensive. The grammar of the language ...