The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one (June Jordan Poems)
well I wanted to braid my hairbathe and bedeck myself so fineso fully aforethought foryour pleasuresee:I wanted to travel and ...
Poems about temporarily (16 Poems)
A March In The Ranks, Hard-prest (Walt Whitman Poems)
A MARCH in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown;A route through a heavy wood, with muffled steps in the ...
Adumbration (Norman MacLeod Poems)
You are a simulacrumOf what I believe you to beAnd what is neededBut you are somethingOther than thisYou answer off-key.Spike ...
Cancer Prayer (AM Juster Poems)
Dear Lord,Please flood her nerves with sedativesand keep her strong enough to crack a smileso disbelieving friends and relativescan temporarily ...
The Bucolics (C J Dennis Poems)
Ladies and gentlemen: I take this opportunityTo introduce myself and mention that, much as we may deplore the fact, we ...
Bridles for Butterflies (C J Dennis Poems)
They must not talk....That strong and silent creature, The male of homo sapiens, bears the banWith calm aplomb. Speech is ...
Modern Declaration (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having waveredIn these affections; never through shyness ...
The Boiling Water (Kenneth Koch Poem)
A serious moment for the water is when it boils And though one usually regards it merely as a convenience ...
What Would Freud Say? (Bob Hicok Poem)
Wasn't on purpose that I drilled through my finger or the nurse laughed. She apologized three times and gave me ...
Underneath (9) (Jorie Graham Poem)
Spring Up, up you go, you must be introduced. You must learn belonging to (no-one) Drenched in the white veil ...
God in His Arms (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like so many others coming to him to repent of their sin washing in the waters as he lowered them ...
As he spoke her name (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
an image, her face smiling flashing into my mind wondering if others saw her too as he spoke her familiar ...
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (John Ashbery Poem)
As Parmigianino did it, the right hand Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer And swerving easily away, as ...
The Icecream People (Charles Bukowski Poems)
the lady has me temporarily off the bottle and now the pecker stands up better. however, things change overnight-- instead ...
A March in the Ranks, Hard-prest. (Walt Whitman Poems)
A MARCH in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown; A route through a heavy wood, with muffled steps in ...
Modern Declaration (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having wavered In these affections; never through ...