Peter Anderson And Co. (Henry Lawson Poem)
He had offices in Sydney, not so many years ago, And his shingle bore the legend `Peter Anderson and Co.', ...
Poems about relatives (26 Poems)
Deer Dancer (Joy Harjo Poem)
Nearly everyone had left that bar in the middle of winter except the hardcore.It was the coldest night of the ...
Letter (Victor Hugo Poem)
You can see it already: chalks and ochers; Country crossed with a thousand furrow-lines; Ground-level rooftops hidden by the shrubbery; ...
In The Baggage Room At Greyhound (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
I In the depths of the Greyhound Terminal sitting dumbly on a baggage truck looking at the sky waiting for ...
The Hermit (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; As proof, Candaules' story we will bring; In folly's scenes the king was ...
Belphegor Addressed To Miss De Chammelay (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, The last effusions of my muse to grace. O charming Phillis! may ...
The Jubilee Sov’reign (Marriott Edgar Poems)
On Jubilee Day the Ramsbottoms Invited relations to tea, Including young Albert's grandmother- An awkward old . . party, was ...
Thesaurus (Billy Collins Poem)
It could be the name of a prehistoric beast that roamed the Paleozoic earth, rising up on its hind legs ...
JIMMY (Bhaskar Roy Barman Poem)
( A Poem in Remembrance) Bhaskar Roy Barman Jimmy, a black, snub-nosed bitch, a jaw shoved out, your eyes throwing ...
Testament (Wendell Berry Poem)
1. Dear relatives and friends, when my last breath Grows large and free in air, don't call it death -- ...
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 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 ...
Part 2 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
ANOTHER METHOD OF MAKING WALNUT CATSUP And this is a very small cookbook for Trout Fishing in America as if ...
The Moose (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
From narrow provinces of fish and bread and tea, home of the long tides where the bay leaves the sea ...
The Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1888 and on the 17th of January That the late Rev. Dr. Wilson's soul fled ...
The Funeral of the Late Prince Henry of Battenberg (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! Prince Henry of Battenberg is dead! And, I hope, has gone to heaven, its streets to tread, And to ...
The Kessack Ferry-Boat Fatality (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas on Friday the 2nd of March, in the year of 1894, That the Storm Fiend did loudly laugh and ...
Burning of the Exeter Theatre (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember, The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on ...
Calamity in London (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the night of Christmas day, That ten persons' lives were taken sway, ...
Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Success to Tommy Atkins, he's a very brave man, And to deny it there's few people can; And to face ...
The Albion Battleship Calamity (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1898, ond on the 21st of June, The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a ...
The Burial of Mr. Gladstone (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! the people now do sigh and moan For the loss of Wm. Ewart Gladstone, Who was a very great ...
The Burial of the Reverend Gilfillan (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
On the Gilfillan burial day, In the Hill o' Balgay, It was a most solemn sight to see, Not fewer ...
The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last, Which causes many people to feel a little downcast; ...
Ars Poetica? (Czeslaw Milosz Poems)
I have always aspired to a more spacious form that would be free from the claims of poetry or prose ...