History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
Poems about parachute (15 Poems)
A Session With Uncle Sidney (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
IONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES Now, Tudens, you sit on _this_ knee--and 'scuse It having no side-saddle on;--and, Jeems, You sit on _this_--and ...
Instants (Jorge Luis Borges Poems)
If I could live again my life,In the next - I'll try,- to make more mistakes,I won't try to be ...
Untitled #1 (Judita Vaiciunaite Poems)
I go away. My dress opens and flaps like an old parachute -never before did so much wind and so much space belong ...
The Princess (prologue) (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poems)
"Sir Walter Vivian all a summer's dayGave his broad lawns until the set of sunUp to the people: thither flocked ...
The Steppe (Boris Pasternak Poems)
How lovely those journeys into quiet!Boundless the steppe, like a seascape,ants rustle, and the feather-grass sighs,mosquitoes go whining through space. ...
Operations Calling! (David Bourne Poems)
'Clearing Black SectionPatrol Bass Rock,'Leaps heart; after shockAction comes stumbling;Snatch your helmet;Then run smoothly, to the grumblingOf a dozing Merlin ...
The Man In The Dead Machine (Donald Hall Poem)
High on a slope in New Guinea The Grumman Hellcat lodges among bright vines as thick as arms. In 1943, ...
The Sad Message (Russell Edson Poem)
The Captain becomes moody at sea. He's afraid of water; such bully amounts that prove the seas. . . A ...
Belfast Tune (Joseph Brodsky Poem)
Here's a girl from a dangerous town She crops her dark hair short so that less of her has to ...
Instants (Jorge Luis Borges Poem)
If I could live again my life, In the next - I'll try, - to make more mistakes, I won't ...
When I Was Young the Silk (A. R. Ammons Poem)
When I was young the silk of my mind hard as a peony head unfurled and wind bloomed the parachute: ...
Yad Mordechai (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
Yad Mordechai. Those who fell here still look out the windows like sick children who are not allowed outside to ...
The Princess (prologue) (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Sir Walter Vivian all a summer's day Gave his broad lawns until the set of sun Up to the people: ...
All Night, All Night (Delmore Schwartz Poems)
"I have been one acquainted with the night" - Robert Frost Rode in the train all night, in the sick ...