stroking Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

The Very Image – To Rene Magritte (David Gascoyne Poems)

An image of my grandmotherher head appearing upside-down upon a cloudthe cloud transfixed on the steepleof a deserted railway-stationfar awayAn ...

The Comforters (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)

When I crept over the hill, broken with tears.When I crouched down on the grass, dumb in despair,I heard the ...

Margarita (Boris Pasternak Poems)

Sundering the bushes like a snare,More violet than Margarita's tight-pressed lips,More passionate than Margarita's white-eyed stare,The nightingale glowed, royally throbbed ...

Patterns (Amy Lowell Poem)

I walk down the garden paths, And all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Thanksgiving (George Herbert Poem)

Oh King of grief! (a title strange, yet true, To thee of all kings only due) Oh King of wounds! ...

Last Words To A Dumb Friend (Thomas Hardy Poem)

Pet was never mourned as you, Purrer of the spotless hue, Plumy tail, and wistful gaze While you humoured our ...

your tiger (Rg Gregory Poem)

(in china it is symbolic of darkness and the new moon) in your night's hollow the tiger stalks black grasses ...

I Hardly Remember (Rafael Guillen Poem)

I hardly remember your voice, but the pain of you floats in some remote current of my blood. I carry ...

I Hardly Remember (Robert Graves Poem)

I hardly remember your voice, but the pain of you floats in some remote current of my blood. I carry ...

The Purr of a Cat (Raymond A. Foss Poem)

Sitting there, the office petting, stroking his orange fur she spoke of a longing, a desire the purr of a ...

As Your Breathing Slowed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)

I remember those last few moments as your breathing slowed, no longer labored she on the side of your bed, ...

Title divine — is mine! (Emily Dickinson Poem)

Title divine -- is mine! The Wife -- without the Sign! Acute Degree -- conferred on me -- Empress of ...

Free from intrusion (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)

You awaken this time with a welcoming smile, an experience sublime, not a dream - the boner from Hell has ...

A Man (Charles Bukowski Poem)

George was lying in his trailer, flat on his back, watching a small portable T.V. His dinner dishes were undone, ...

In The Deep Museum (Anne Sexton Poems)

My God, my God, what queer corner am I in? Didn't I die, blood running down the post, lungs gagging ...

For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry (excerpt, Jubilate Agno) (Christopher Smart Poems)

For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving ...

Jubilate Agno (excerpt) (Christopher Smart Poems)