A Dead Letter (Henry Austin Dobson Poems)
I DREW it from its china tomb;- It came out feebly scented With some thin ghost of past perfume That ...
Poems about swifts (13 Poems)
Dorothy In The Garret (John Townsend Trowbridge Poems)
In the low-raftered garret, stooping Carefully over the creaking boards,Old Maid Dorothy goes a-groping Among its dusty and cobwebbed hoards;Seeking some bundle ...
Exorcism (Hans Faverey Poems)
'You're making me into something I'm not.'Then she had to stoopto pick something up; I sawa few vertebrae,then quickly touchedher ...
The Churchyard (William Cosmo Monkhouse Poems)
HOW slowly creeps the hand of TimeOn the old clock's green-mantled face!Yea, slowly as those ivies climb,The hours roll round ...
The Long Voyage (Malcolm Cowley Poems)
NOT that the pines were darker there,nor mid-May dogwood brighter there,nor swifts more swift in summer air;it was my own ...
Storm (Brooks Haxton Poems)
Cattle egrets in the dry grass wadedlike white clerics at the hoovesof brood cows, heifers, and new calves.Forked lightning. Calm.The ...
The Rains (Badger Clark Jr Poems)
You've watched the ground-hog's shadow and the shiftin' weather signsTill the Northern prairie starred itse'f with flowers;You've seen the snow ...
Fiat (Boris Pasternak Poems)
Dawn will set candles guttering.It will light up and loose the swifts.With this reminder I'll burst in:Let life be just ...
The Swifts (1) (Boris Pasternak Poems)
The swifts have no strength any more to retain, To check the light-blue evening coolness. It burst from their breasts, ...
Swifts (2) (Boris Pasternak Poems)
At twilight the swifts have no power,to hold back that pale blue coolness.It bursts from throats, a clamouran outpour that ...
Goalkeeper Joe (Marriott Edgar Poem)
Joe Dunn were a bobby for football He gave all his time to that sport, He played for the West ...
In a Churchyard (Richard Wilbur Poems)
That flower unseen, that gem of purest ray, Bright thoughts uncut by men: Strange that you need but speak them, ...
Three Women (Sylvia Plath Poems)
A Poem for Three Voices Setting: A Maternity Ward and round about FIRST VOICE: I am slow as the world. ...