On Cheating The Fiddler (Dorothy Parker Poems)
"Then we will have tonight!" we said. "Tomorrow- may we not be dead?" The morrow touched our eyes, and found ...
Dorothy Parker Poems (188 Poems)
Prisoner (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Long I fought the driving lists, Plume a-stream and armor clanging; Link on link, between my wrists, Now my heavy ...
Somebody’s Song (Dorothy Parker Poems)
This is what I vow; He shall have my heart to keep, Sweetly will we stir and sleep, All the ...
The Choice (Dorothy Parker Poems)
He'd have given me rolling lands, Houses of marble, and billowing farms, Pearls, to trickle between my hands, Smoldering rubies, ...
The Red Dress (Dorothy Parker Poems)
I always saw, I always said If I were grown and free, I'd have a gown of reddest red As ...
Thomas Carlyle (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Carlyle combined the lit'ry life With throwing teacups at his wife, Remarking, rather testily, "Oh, stop your dodging, Mrs. C.!" ...
A Well-Worn Story (Dorothy Parker Poems)
In April, in April, My one love came along, And I ran the slope of my high hill To follow ...
Chant For Dark Hours (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Some men, some men Cannot pass a Book shop. (Lady, make your mind up, and wait your life away.) Some ...
Fighting Words (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Say my love is easy had, Say I'm bitten raw with pride, Say I am too often sad- Still behold ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe (Dorothy Parker Poems)
The pure and worthy Mrs. Stowe Is one we all are proud to know As mother, wife, and authoress- Thank ...
Little Words (Dorothy Parker Poems)
When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I ...
One Perfect Rose (Dorothy Parker Poems)
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met. All tenderly his messenger he chose; Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew ...
Prologue to a Saga (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Maidens, gather not the yew, Leave the glossy myrtle sleeping; Any lad was born untrue, Never a one is fit ...
Song in a Minor Key (Dorothy Parker Poems)
There's a place I know where the birds swing low, And wayward vines go roaming, Where the lilacs nod, and ...
The Danger Of Writing Defiant Verse (Dorothy Parker Poems)
And now I have another lad! No longer need you tell How all my nights are slow and sad For ...
The Satin Dress (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Needle, needle, dip and dart, Thrusting up and down, Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown? ...
Thought For A Sunshiny Morning (Dorothy Parker Poems)
It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. "Aha, my little dear," I ...
After Spanish Proverb (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Oh, mercifullest one of all, Oh, generous as dear, None lived so lowly, none so small, Thou couldst withhold thy ...
Charles Dickens (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Who call him spurious and shoddy Shall do it o'er my lifeless body. I heartily invite such birds To come ...
Finis (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Now it's over, and now it's done; Why does everything look the same? Just as bright, the unheeding sun, -- ...
Healed (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Oh, when I flung my heart away, The year was at its fall. I saw my dear, the other day, ...
Love Song (Dorothy Parker Poems)
My own dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet ...
Ornithology For Beginners (Dorothy Parker Poems)
The bird that feeds from off my palm Is sleek, affectionate, and calm, But double, to me, is worth the ...
Prophetic Soul (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Because your eyes are slant and slow, Because your hair is sweet to touch, My heart is high again; but ...
Song Of One Of The Girls (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Here in my heart I am Helen; I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least. I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de ...
The Dark Girl’s Rhyme (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Who was there had seen us Wouldn't bid him run? Heavy lay between us All our sires had done. There ...
The Sea (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Who lay against the sea, and fled, Who lightly loved the wave, Shall never know, when he is dead, A ...
Threnody (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Lilacs blossom just as sweet Now my heart is shattered. If I bowled it down the street, Who's to say ...
Afternoon (Dorothy Parker Poems)
When I am old, and comforted, And done with this desire, With Memory to share my bed And Peace to ...
Coda (Dorothy Parker Poems)
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine; This living, this living, this living Was never ...