A Happy Childhood (William Matthews Poems)
My mother stands at the screen door, laughing."Out out damn Spot," she commands our silly dog.I wonder what this means. ...
Poems about scabs (18 Poems)
A Psalm Of Councel (Joseph Furphy Poems)
Though some good folks may take it ill,As trifling with parsonic frill,Thus saith the Lord to Jim and Bill,In admonition ...
Address to the Devil (Robert Burns Poems)
1 O thou! whatever title suit thee,--2 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!3 Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,4 ...
Bourke (Henry Lawson Poems)
I've followed all my tracks and ways,from old bark school to Leicester Square,I've been right back to boyhood's days, and ...
Address ToThe Devil (Robert Burns Poems)
O thou! whatever title suit thee,-Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,Clos'd under hatches,Spairges about ...
A Dozen Ballads About White Slavery. VI. The Outcast (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A walk in the city by day ;— When rural simplicity stopsTo wonder at all that is glittering gay Heap'd in the ...
Job (Rachel Korn Poems)
As if heaven openedin a downpour of scabs and cursesthat washed my blessings offand made me stand before you naked.Loneliness ...
Heartwounds (Gloria Wade-Gayles Poems)
Some men have not learned that heartwoundsas deep as a woman's need for lovedo not respond to phoney curativesof roses, ...
Intimate Ballad (Jonas Aistis Poems)
Early morningFlowers showeredTheir fine spray in diamond drops,While the sky was blood and wax.You said!When night's tar seals inToday's cuts,We'll ...
The Witch’e Last Ride (Emily Pfeiffer Poems)
The earth smells dank, the weeds grow rank, The cold ...
Courage (Anne Sexton Poems)
It is in the small things we see it.The child's first step,as awesome as an earthquake.The first time you rode ...
Spring (Fragment 3) (Boris Pasternak Poems)
Is it only dirt you notice? Does the thaw not catch your glance? As a dapple-grey fine stallion Does it ...
Coffee & Dolls (April Bernard Poem)
It was a storefront for a small-time numbers runner, pretending to be some sort of grocery. Coffeemakers and Bustello cans ...
84. Address to the Deil (Robert Burns Poems)
O THOU! whatever title suit thee- Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, Wha in yon cavern grim an' sootie, Clos'd ...
Courage (Anne Sexton Poems)
It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first ...
High Conspiratorial Person (Carl Sandburg Poems)
OUT of the testimony of such reluctant lips, out of the oaths and mouths of such scrupulous liars, out of ...
Ice Handler (Carl Sandburg Poems)
I KNOW an ice handler who wears a flannel shirt with pearl buttons the size of a dollar, And he ...
The Show (Wilfred Owen Poems)
My soul looked down from a vague height with Death, As unremembering how I rose or why, And saw a ...