London Voluntaries IV: Out of the Poisonous East (William Ernest Henley Poem)
Out of the poisonous East, Over a continent of blight, Like a maleficent Influence released From the most squalid cellerage ...
Poems about inches (31 Poems)
Manteau Three (Jorie Graham Poem)
In the fairy tale the sky makes of itself a coat because it needs you to put it on. How ...
A Burst of Juncos (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like some kind of confetti shot from a cannon the sky suddenly darker against the sea of white A burst ...
The Bite of the Shovel (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The soft snow giving the bite of the shovel catching the sand thrown covering the sidewalk the blacktop frozen glaze ...
A Challenge for the Plowman (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A challenge for the plowman thrown down in as in a duel the road now five feet wider To see ...
In the Cocoon of the Storm (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Lives waiting huddled in our houses school cut short cancellations Watching the weather forecast another log on the fire snow ...
The Dance of the Fire (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The wood already charred its color on my fingers building a teepee over the discarded papers kindled with the lighter ...
Snow – haiku – 4 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Gallons, gasoline Far too many inches, white to clean away snow January 14, 2011 snowstorm 1/12/2011 Copyright by Raymond A. ...
Snow – haiku – 6 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Snow ate Wednesday more inches than predicted piled in dunes of white. January 14, 2011 snowstorm 1/12/2011 Copyright by Raymond ...
Foggy day on the ocean (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A foggy day on the ocean, my feet in the warm surf, feeling the water lapping, the movement of the ...
Arctic Ice (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
These words, "arctic ice" in the search string on my computer track the telling, epiphany above the circle the telling ...
Right in Front of My Face (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I heard a thwack, a sudden sound by the second floor window. It wasn't an acorn, though I thought it ...
Your Final Day (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A day not unlike today pulling me back in time to that fateful day before the call from the state ...
A Precarious Perch (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A late dandelion plant too late for flowers, growing pushing through the tiny bit of soil held in place between ...
A Vial (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
An amber plastic vial sat wedged in the top of a chain link fence held in place by the dull ...
Meticulous (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Meticulous was the word That came to mom and me Simultaneously to describe Dad and how he approached almost Everything ...
Stick (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Under the flat board The second rail Of the fence By the walk, Above the drop To the brook - ...
Pittypat and Tippytoe (Eugene Field Poem)
All day long they come and go-- Pittypat and Tippytoe; Footprints up and down the hall, Playthings scattered on the ...
The ‘Ole in the Ark (Marriott Edgar Poems)
One evening at dusk as Noah stood on his Ark, Putting green oil in starboard side lamp, His wife came ...
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 ...
The Embrace (Mark Doty Poem)
You weren't well or really ill yet either; just a little tired, your handsomeness tinged by grief or anticipation, which ...
The Charm Of 5:30 (David Berman Poem)
It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England. We're within inches of the perfect distance from ...
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (Wendell Berry Poem)
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your ...
Part 6 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
THE HUNCHBACK TROUT The creek was made narrow by little green trees that grew too close together. The creek was ...
Part 9 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
SANDBOX MINUS JOHN DILLINGER EQUALS WHAT? Often I return to the cover of Trout Fishing in America. I took the ...
Part 10 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
WITNESS FOR TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA PEACE In San Francisco around Easter time last year, they had a trout fishing ...
Man (Richard Brautigan Poem)
With his hat on he's about five inches taller than a taxicab. (Richard Brautigan)
Heat waves shimmering (Matsuo Basho Poem)
Heat waves shimmering one or two inches above the dead grass. (Matsuo Basho)
Shit List; Or, Omnium-gatherum Of Diversity Into Unity (A. R. Ammons Poem)
You'll rejoice at how many kinds of shit there are: gosling shit (which J. Williams said something was as green ...
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing (Margaret Atwood Poem)
The world is full of women who'd tell me I should be ashamed of myself if they had the chance. ...