The V. N. And C. I. (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
Near the City of Petersburg,As seen by the passers-by,In the neighborhood of Ettricks,Stands the V. N. and C. I.A building ...
Poems about tennis (20 Poems)
His Shield (Marianne Moore Poems)
The pin-swin or spine-swine(the edgehog miscalled hedgehog) with all his edges out, echidna and echinoderm in distressed-pin-cushion thorn-fur coats, the spiny ...
A Solitary Triumph (P G Wodehouse Poems)
Oh, the progress of Woman has really been vastSince Civilization began.She's usurped all the qualities which in the past Were reckoned ...
Vitamins And Roughage (Kenneth Rexroth Poems)
Strong ankled, sun burned, almost naked,The daughters of CaliforniaEducate reluctant humanists;Drive into their skulls with tennis ballsThe unhappy realizationThat nature ...
The Philistine (C J Dennis Poems)
Smith is a very stupid man; He lives next door to me;He has no settled scheme or plan ...
Fritz Goes Farming (Abner Cosens Poems)
Mine Katrina,--So long since I write, You vill tink I am dead maybe yet; If I never ...
The Addict (Anne Sexton Poems)
Sleepmonger,deathmonger,with capsules in my palms each night,eight at a time from sweet pharmaceutical bottlesI make arrangements for a pint-sized journey.I'm ...
The Convalescent (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
We've billiards, bowls an' tennis courts, we've teas an' motor-rides;We've concerts nearly every night, an' 'eaps o' things besides;We've all ...
Found Wanting (Carolyn Wells Poems)
There lived a wondrous sculptor once, a genius in his way, Named Phidias Praxiteles Canova Merryday. He sat within his ...
His Room (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
His room is as it used to beBefore he went away,The walls still keep the pennants heBrought home but yesterday.The ...
Pete’s Theology (Donald Marquis Poems)
god made seas to play besideand rugs to cover dogsgod made cars for holidaysand beetles under logsgod made kitchens so ...
Meticulous (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Meticulous was the word That came to mom and me Simultaneously to describe Dad and how he approached almost Everything ...
The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth (Charles Bukowski Poem)
if I suffer at this typewriter think how I'd feel among the lettuce- pickers of Salinas? I think of the ...
Cold (Witt Wittmann Poems)
A cold February wind crawls up my leg and rattles my knees A preacher fumbles over the verses that I ...
THE ROAD TO HAWORTH MOOR (Barry Tebb Poems)
for Brenda Williams The dawn cracked with ice, with fire grumbling in the grate, With ire in the homes we ...
Flee On Your Donkey (Anne Sexton Poems)
Because there was no other place to flee to, I came back to the scene of the disordered senses, came ...
The Addict (Anne Sexton Poems)
Sleepmonger, deathmonger, with capsules in my palms each night, eight at a time from sweet pharmaceutical bottles I make arrangements ...
The Olive Tree (Karl Shapiro Poems)
Save for a lusterless honing-stone of moon The sky stretches its flawless canopy Blue as the blue silk of the ...
Far-Darting Apollo (Kathleen Raine Poems)
I saw the sun step like a gentleman Dressed in black and proud as sin. I saw the sun walk ...
October 12 (David Lehman Poems)
My bag was missing at the airport "Just one bag?" "Yes, but it meant a lot to me" I had ...