Donald Marquis Poems Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

The Struggle (Donald Marquis Poems)

I HAVE been down in a dark valley; I have been groping through a deep gorge; Far above, the lips ...

Pete The Parrot And Shakespeare (Donald Marquis Poems)

i got acquainted with a parrot named pete recently who is an interesting bird pete says he used to belong ...

The Comrade (Donald Marquis Poems)

HATH not man at his noblest An air of something more than man? -- A hint of grace immortal, Born ...

Silvia (Donald Marquis Poems)

I STILL remember how she moved Among the rathe, wild blooms she loved, (When Spring came tip-toe down the slopes, ...

Mehitabel’s Extensive Past (Donald Marquis Poems)

mehitabel the cat claims thatshe has a human soulalso and has transmigratedfrom body to body and itmay be so boss ...

Certain Maxims Of Archy (Donald Marquis Poems)

live so that youcan stick out your tongueat the insurancedoctorif you will drink hair restorer followevery dram with somegood standarddepilatoryas ...

What The Ants Are Saying (Donald Marquis Poems)

dear boss i was talking with an ant the other day and he handed me a lot of gossip which ...

The God-Maker, Man (Donald Marquis Poems)

NEVERMORE Shall the shepherds of Arcady follow Pan's moods as he lolls by the shore Of the mere, or lies ...

Archy Interviews A Pharaoh (Donald Marquis Poems)

boss i wentand interviewed the mummyof the egyptian pharaohin the metropolitan museumas you bade me to dowhat homy regal leatherfacesays ...

Chant Of The Changing Hours (Donald Marquis Poems)

THE Hours passed by, a fleet, confused crowd; With wafture of blown garments bright as fire, Light, light of foot ...

The Tavern Of Despair (Donald Marquis Poems)

THE wraiths of murdered hopes and loves Come whispering at the door, Come creeping through the weeping mist That drapes ...

At Last (Donald Marquis Poems)

EACH race has died and lived and fought for the "true" gods of that poor race, Unconsciously, divinest thought of ...

Moonset (Donald Marquis Poems)

But see! . . . the body does not sink; It rides upon the tide (A starbeam on the dagger's ...

A Plan (Donald Marquis Poems)

YOUTH is the season of revolt; at twenty-fiveWe curse the reigning politicians,Wondering that any man aliveStands for such damnable conditions.Whatever ...

A Rhyme Of The Roads (Donald Marquis Poems)

PEARL-SLASHED and purple and crimson and fringed with gray mist of the hills, The pennons of morning advance to the ...

The Sage And The Woman (Donald Marquis Poems)

'TWIXT ancient Beersheba and Dan Another such a caravan Dazed Palestine had never seen As that which bore Sabea's queen ...

Moonlight (Donald Marquis Poems)

We stood among the boats and nets . . . We marked the risen moon Walk swaying o'er the trembling ...

The Prude’s Alphabet (Donald Marquis Poems)

A is for Tarsus. The current short skirtsDo not conceal it, which pleases the flirts. B is the letter for ...

Dickens (Donald Marquis Poems)

DICKENS"The only book that the party had was a volume of Dickens. During the six months that they lay in ...

The Big Bad Wolf (Donald Marquis Poems)

i went to a movie showthe other evening in the cuffof a friends turned up trousersand saw the three little ...

Romeo And Juliet (Donald Marquis Poems)

Pop Montague's old brain was wried Through all its convolutions With constant thoughts of Homicide And kindred institutions. White-haired Giuseppi ...