Verse (Nizar Qabbani Poems)
1FriendsThe old word is dead.The old books are dead.Our speech with holes like worn-out shoes is dead.Dead is the mind ...
Poems about practicing (20 Poems)
Sustain (Alison Luterman Poems)
1.My love plays piano and his foot hovers above the pedal.Sustain, they call it when the note floatslike a basketball ...
A Small Room In Aspen (William Matthews Poems)
Stains on the casements,dustmotes, spiderless webs.No chairs, and a man waking up,or he's falling asleepMany first novels beginwith the hero ...
Aspiring Miss DeLaine (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
(A CHEMICAL NARRATIVE)Certain facts which serve to explainThe physical charms of Miss Addie De Laine,Who, as the common reports obtain,Surpassed ...
Practicing Time (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Always whenever I want to playI've got to practice an hour a day,Get through breakfast an' make my bed,And Mother ...
the way to hump a cow is not (E. E. Cummings Poems)
the way to hump a cow is notto get yourself a stoolbut draw a line around the spotand call it ...
Cloudy Evening (Alfred Lichtenstein Poems)
The sky is swollen with tears and melancholy.Only far off, where its foul vapors burst,Green glow pours down. The houses,Gray ...
Ace Shaw (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I never saw any differenceBetween playing cards for moneyAnd selling real estate,Practicing law, banking, or anything else.For everything is chance.NeverthelessSeest ...
The Cellist (Galway Kinnell Poem)
At intermission I find her backstage still practicing the piece coming up next. She calls it the "solo in high ...
The Testing-Tree (Stanley Kunitz Poem)
1 On my way home from school up tribal Providence Hill past the Academy ballpark where I could never hope ...
A Holy Lent – 2 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Changing our routine practicing a holy Lent denying ourselves our sin our focus on the earth Spending with Jesus walking ...
Practicing Worship (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A way of living changing our focus on the presence of God on his power and might practicing worship all ...
In the Hushed Choir Loft (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the dark of the empty sanctuary he toiled, alone, refining his skill preparing himself, by drill and practice to ...
We play at Paste (Emily Dickinson Poem)
We play at Paste -- Till qualified, for Pearl -- Then, drop the Paste -- And deem ourself a fool ...
Meditation By The Stove (Linda Pastan Poems)
I have banked the fires of my body into a small but steady blaze here in the kitchen where the ...
The Disquieting Muses (Sylvia Plath Poems)
Mother, mother, what ill-bred aunt Or what disfigured and unsightly Cousin did you so unwisely keep Unasked to my christening, ...
Music’s Empire (Andrew Marvell Poems)
First was the world as one great cymbal made, Where jarring winds to infant Nature played. All music was a ...
Ace Shaw (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I never saw any difference Between playing cards for money And selling real estate, Practicing law, banking, or anything else. ...
Inheritance-His (Audre Lorde Poems)
I. My face resembles your face less and less each day. When I was young no one mistook whose child ...
October 12 (David Lehman Poems)
My bag was missing at the airport "Just one bag?" "Yes, but it meant a lot to me" I had ...