Address to the Automaton Chess Player (Hannah Flagg Gould Poems)
Of deep research and cogitation,Of many a head and many a nation,While all in vainHave tried their wits to answer ...
Poems about detention (12 Poems)
Upon the Kings happy return from Scotland (Henry King Poems)
So breaks the day when the returning SunHath newly through his Winter Tropick run,As You (Great Sir!) in this regress ...
Hunger (Mary Webb Poems)
Not for the dear things said do I weep now;Not for your deeds of quiet love and dutyDoes my heart ...
The Princess (part 5) (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poems)
"Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound,We stumbled on a stationary voice,And 'Stand, who goes?' 'Two from the palace' ...
Epilogue–To The Poet’s Sitter (Francis Thompson Poems)
Wherein he excuseth himself for the manner of the Portrait.Alas! now wilt thou chide, and say (I deem),My figured descant ...
Plague Of Dead Sharks (Alan Dugan Poems)
Who knows whether the sea heals or corrodes? The wading, wintered pack-beasts of the feet slough off, in spring, the ...
Which is the best — the Moon or the Crescent? (Emily Dickinson Poem)
Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent? Neither -- said the Moon -- That is best which ...
Destiny (Gregory Corso Poem)
They deliver the edicts of God without delay And are exempt from apprehension from detention And with their God-given Petasus, ...
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (John Ashbery Poem)
As Parmigianino did it, the right hand Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer And swerving easily away, as ...
The Princess (part 5) (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound, We stumbled on a stationary voice, And 'Stand, who goes?' 'Two from ...
An Attempt At Jealousy (Craig Raine Poems)
So how is life with your new bloke? Simpler, I bet. Just one stroke of his quivering oar and the ...
The Widening Spell Of Leaves (Larry Levis Poems)
--The Carpathian Frontier, October, 1968 --for my brother Once, in a foreign country, I was suddenly ill. I was driving ...