Flotsam (Lola Ridge Poems)
Crass rays streaming from the vestibules;Cafes glittering like jeweled teeth;High-flung signsBlinking yellow phosphorescent eyes;Girls in blackCircling monotonouslyAbout the orange lights…Nothing ...
Poems about crass (21 Poems)
Wheat Grains (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
AS grains from chaff, I sift these worldly rules,Kernels of wisdom, from the husks of schools:I.Benevolence befits the wisest mind;But ...
Arraignment Of The Men (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Poems)
Males perverse, schooled to condemnWomen by your witless laws,Though forsooth you are prime causeOf that which you blame in them:If ...
In Bondage (Leigh Gordon Giltner Poems)
What can it profit a man tho' he have the soul of a godSunk in the form of a beast, ...
The River Of Thought (Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell Poems)
The strong River of Thought has an aye-changeful course,Yet for ever it springs from the same changeless sourceWhere God-given Truth ...
God As Love (Patience Worth Poems)
And He, the God, is as man,Flesh, substance, else His symbol lies;And He knoweth not the trick!Thus is He less ...
The German Airman (Lord Dunsany Edward Plunkett Poems)
Not in the stone you smashed dwelt memory,And not in stone are the Canadian deadImmortal, but in hearts where they ...
Towns in Colour (Amy Lowell Poems)
IRed SlippersRed slippers in a shop-window, and outside in the street, flaws of grey,windy sleet!Behind the polished glass, the slippers ...
Civilized (Edmund Vance Cooke Poems)
An ancient ape, once on a time,Disliked exceedingly to climb, And so he picked him out a treeAnd said, "now ...
Crabs (Arthur Albert Dawson Bayldon Poems)
(Written on the Queensland Beach)Poisonous, bloated, crab-like shapesCrawl in gangs around these capes-Stopping here and feeding there;Listening, crawling everywhere;Searching every ...
Ignoramus (C J Dennis Poems)
What crass, abysmal ignorance! Forlorn! Despite his looks, the man must be half-witted!They gasped for air; they gazed on him ...
Piccadilly (Ezra Pound Poems)
Beautiful, tragical faces-Ye that were whole, and are so sunken;And, O ye vile, ye that might have been loved,That are ...
An Opera House (Amy Lowell Poem)
Within the gold square of the proscenium arch, A curtain of orange velvet hangs in stiff folds, Its tassels jarring ...
Hap (Thomas Hardy Poem)
If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing, Know that ...
Not What He Wanted (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We thought we would be nice generous, helpful, gracious hosts But that wasn't what he wanted, not what he had ...
Seven suits (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Seven tailored suits, matching shoes and socks, a brace of muted ties with subtle breast pocket handkerchiefs descried, you wouldn't ...
Before the arthritis set in (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
It's Wednesday, September 6th and a birthday, again, these things arrive tediously on time with wry regularity - and sadly, ...
The White Peacock (Stephen Vincent Benet Poem)
(France -- Ancient Regime.) I. Go away! Go away; I will not confess to you! His black biretta clings like ...
LETTERS TO FRIENDS (Barry Tebb Poems)
I Eddie Linden Dear Eddie we've not met Except upon the written page And at your age the wonder Is ...
The Visionary (Robert William Service Poems)
If fortune had not granted me To suck the Muse's teats, I think I would have liked to be A ...
The Man Against the Sky (Edwin Arlington Robinson Poems)
Between me and the sunset, like a dome Against the glory of a world on fire, Now burned a sudden ...