Route Marchin’ (Rudyard Kipling Poems)
We're marchin' on relief over Injia's sunny plains, A little front o' Christmas-time an' just be'ind the Rains; Ho! get ...
Poems about socks (31 Poems)
Oonts (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? It isn't standin' up to charge nor lyin' ...
The ‘eathen (Rudyard Kipling Poems)
The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is ...
Ode to Himself upon the Censure of his New Inn (Ben Jonson Poem)
Come, leave the loathed stage, And the more loathsome age; Where pride and impudence, in faction knit, Usurp the chair ...
To The Memory Of My Beloved, The Author, Mr William Shakespeare, And What He Hath Left Us (Ben Jonson Poem)
To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess ...
Letter Of Recommendation From My Father To My Future Wife (Richard Jones Poem)
During the war, I was in China. Every night we blew the world to hell. The sky was purple and ...
Desesperanto (Marilyn Hacker Poem)
After Joseph Roth Parce que c'était lui; parce que c'était moi. Montaigne, De L'amitië The dream's forfeit was a night ...
Spirit Dity Of No Fax Line Dial Tone (Bob Hicok Poem)
The telephone company calls and asks what the fuss is. Betty from the telephone company, who's not concerned with the ...
Lizards And Snakes (Anthony Hecht Poem)
On the summer road that ran by our front porch Lizards and snakes came out to sun. It was hot ...
The Ruined Maid (Thomas Hardy Poem)
"O 'Melia, my dear, this does everything crown! Who could have supposed I should meet you in Town? And whence ...
christmas in a box (Rg Gregory Poem)
the policeman on the streets found christmas in a box tipped it down a manhole it wasn't wearing socks a ...
The Bachelor’s Soliloquy (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
To wed, or not to wed; that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The bills ...
Black slippers (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Black slippers, white socks flowers on her dress long black hair, covering her shoulders kneeling at your altar, accepting the ...
Chevy in the Grass (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A horse in the small pasture beside the barn a Chevy in the grass hidden from view almost behind the ...
Sister’s cake (Eugene Field Poems)
I'd not complain of Sister Jane, for she was good and kind, Combining with rare comeliness distinctive gifts of mind; ...
Sex Goddess (Maggie Estep Poem)
I am THE SEX GODDESS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE so don't mess with me I've got a big bag full ...
Asparagus (Marriott Edgar Poem)
Mr. Ramsbottom went to the races, A thing as he'd ne'er done before, And as luck always follers beginners, Won ...
Canute the Great (Marriott Edgar Poem)
I'll tell of Canute, King of England, A native of Denmark was he, His hobbies was roving and raiding And ...
The Shark’s Parlor (James Dickey Poems)
Memory: I can take my head and strike it on a wall on Cumberland Island Where the night tide came ...
Mac Flecknoe (John Dryden Poem)
All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, ...
Seven suits (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Seven tailored suits, matching shoes and socks, a brace of muted ties with subtle breast pocket handkerchiefs descried, you wouldn't ...
A catchy phrase (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
It was called Farm Fantastic, a catchy phrase, and potentially a day's wasted sweat. Even after the event I can't ...
That’s What I Said (April Bernard Poems)
It pricks the arms like poison, knowing that some things, once chosen, are yours and that meanwhile the night comes ...
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 ...
Flophouse (Charles Bukowski Poems)
you haven't lived until you've been in a flophouse with nothing but one light bulb and 56 men squeezed together ...
Disabled (Wilfred Owen Poems)
He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short ...
Night-Scented Stock (Katherine Mansfield Poems)
White, white in the milky night The moon danced over a tree. "Wouldn't it be lovely to swim in the ...
Five For Country Music (Lisel Mueller Poems)
I. Insomnia The bulb at the front door burns and burns. If it were a white rose it would tire ...
Buckingham Palace (A. A. Milne Poems)
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guard. ...
Bazonka (Spike Milligan Poems)
Say Bazonka every day That's what my grandma used to say It keeps at bay the Asian Flu' And both ...