Under Her Dark Veil (Anna Akhmatova Poem)
Under her dark veil she wrung her hands. "Why are you so pale today?" "Because I made him drink of ...
Poems about hands (51 Poems)
I Wrung My Hands (Anna Akhmatova Poem)
I wrung my hands under my dark veil. . . "Why are you pale, what makes you reckless?" -- Because ...
And We Shall Not Get Excited (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
And we shall not get excited. Because a translator May not get excited. Calmly, we shall pass on Words from ...
Temporary Poem Of My Time (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
Hebrew writing and Arabic writing go from east to west, Latin writing, from west to east. Languages are like cats: ...
A Man In His Life (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
A man doesn't have time in his life to have time for everything. He doesn't have seasons enough to have ...
Quick And Bitter (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
The end was quick and bitter. Slow and sweet was the time between us, slow and sweet were the nights ...
My Father (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day at work. Just ...
Morality (Matthew Arnold Poem)
We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides; The spirit bloweth and is still, In ...
Sohrab and Rustum (Matthew Arnold Poem)
And the first grey of morning fill'd the east, And the fog rose out of the Oxus stream. But all ...
The Shadow Voice (Margaret Atwood Poem)
My shadow said to me: what is the matter Isn't the moon warm enough for you why do you need ...
Backdropp Addresses Cowboy (Margaret Atwood Poem)
Starspangled cowboy sauntering out of the almost- silly West, on your face a porcelain grin, tugging a papier-mache cactus on ...
Variation On The Word Sleep (Margaret Atwood Poem)
I would like to watch you sleeping, which may not happen. I would like to watch you, sleeping. I would ...
Night Poem (Margaret Atwood Poem)
There is nothing to be afraid of, it is only the wind changing to the east, it is only your ...
You Begin (Margaret Atwood Poem)
You begin this way: this is your hand, this is your eye, this is a fish, blue and flat on ...
Refusal (Maya Angelou Poem)
Beloved, In what other lives or lands Have I known your lips Your Hands Your Laughter brave Irreverent. Those sweet ...
Million Man March Poem (Maya Angelou Poem)
The night has been long, The wound has been deep, The pit has been dark, And the walls have been ...
The Rock Cries Out to Us Today (Maya Angelou Poem)
A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Mark the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry ...
Momma Welfare Roll (Maya Angelou Poem)
Her arms semaphore fat triangles, Pudgy HANDS bunched on layered hips Where bones idle under years of fatback And lima ...
Remembrance (Maya Angelou Poem)
Your hands easy weight, teasing the bees hived in my hair, your smile at the slope of my cheek. On ...
Men (Maya Angelou Poem)
When I was young, I used to Watch behind the curtains As men walked up and down the street. Wino ...
Two Boxes (Poem)
I have in my hands two boxes which God gave me to hold he said, "put all your sorrows in ...