The Master of the Dance (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
A chant to which it is intended a group of children shall dance and improvise pantomime led by their dancing-teacher. ...
Education Poems (4258 Poems)
Rhymes for Gloriana (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
I. THE DOLL UPON THE TOPMOST BOUGH This doll upon the topmost bough, This playmate-gift, in Christmas dress, Was taken ...
On the Building of Springfield (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Let not our town be large, remembering That little Athens was the Muses' home, That Oxford rules the heart of ...
Grey Evening (David Herbert Lawrence Poems)
When you went, how was it you carried with you My missal book of fine, flamboyant hours? My book of ...
Clover (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Inscribed to the Memory of John Keats. Dear uplands, Chester's favorable fields, My large unjealous Loves, many yet one -- ...
Among Children (Philip Levine Poems)
I walk among the rows of bowed heads-- the children are sleeping through fourth grade so as to be ready ...
Corn (Sidney Lanier Poems)
To-day the woods are trembling through and through With shimmering forms, that flash before my view, Then melt in green ...
At Bessemer (Philip Levine Poems)
19 years old and going nowhere, I got a ride to Bessemer and walked the night road toward Birmingham passing ...
Hymns Of The Marshes. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
I. Sunrise. In my sleep I was fain of their fellowship, fain Of the live-oak, the marsh, and the main. ...
Gin (Philip Levine Poems)
The first time I drank gin I thought it must be hair tonic. My brother swiped the bottle from a ...
Laus Mariae (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Across the brook of Time man leaping goes On stepping-stones of epochs, that uprise Fixed, memorable, midst broad shallow flows ...
The Rains (Philip Levine Poems)
The river rises and the rains keep coming. My Papa says it can't flood for the water can run away ...
The Jacquerie A Fragment (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Chapter I. Once on a time, a Dawn, all red and bright Leapt on the conquered ramparts of the Night, ...
Ode For Mrs. William Settle (Philip Levine Poems)
In Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago, a woman sits at her desk to write me a letter. She holds ...
Milkweed (Philip Levine Poems)
Remember how unimportant they seemed, growing loosely in the open fields we crossed on the way to school. We would ...
On The Meeting Of García Lorca And Hart Crane (Philip Levine Poems)
Brooklyn, 1929. Of course Crane's been drinking and has no idea who this curious Andalusian is, unable even to speak ...
Shakespeare (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Would that in body and spirit Shakespeare came Visible emperor of the deeds of Time, With Justice still the genius ...
The Chinese Nightingale (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
A Song in Chinese Tapestries "How, how," he said. "Friend Chang," I said, "San Francisco sleeps as the dead- Ended ...
The Firemen’s Ball (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
SECTION ONE "Give the engines room, Give the engines room." Louder, faster The little band-master Whips up the fluting, Hurries ...
Incense (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Think not that incense-smoke has had its day. My friends, the incense-time has but begun. Creed upon creed, cult upon ...
We Must (William Arthur Ward Poem)
We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we ...
Keep Them Close (Poem)
One day a mother died. And on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth of her bedroom, the daughter was ...
Why Not You? (Steve Maraboli Poem)
Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? Today, many will open their eyes to ...
Failure (Tim Connor Poem)
Failure It's only a word. But it carries with it so much pain and so little concern so much frustration ...
Don’t Quit (Edgar A. Guest Poem)
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are ...
Be Thankful (Poem)
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward ...
Attitude (Charles Swindoll Poem)
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important ...
My Christmas Wish to You (Catherine Pulsifer)
If I could wish a wish for you,it would be for peace and happiness not only now, but for the ...