The Distant Winter (Philip Levine Poems)
from an officer's diary during the last war I The sour daylight cracks through my sleep-caked lids. "Stephan! Stephan!" The ...
Fear Poems (5633 Poems)
Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
(What Grandpa told the Children) The moon? It is a griffin's egg, Hatching to-morrow night. And how the little boys ...
Our Guardian Angels and Their Children (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Where a river roars in rapids And doves in maples fret, Where peace has decked the pastures Our guardian angels ...
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. ...
The Illinois Village (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
O you who lose the art of hope, Whose temples seem to shrine a lie, Whose sidewalks are but stones ...
The Rose (Richard Lovelace Poems)
Sweet serene sky-like flower, Haste to adorn her bower; From thy long cloudy bed Shoot forth thy damask head! New-startled ...
A Birthday Song. To S. G. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
For ever wave, for ever float and shine Before my yearning eyes, oh! dream of mine Wherein I dreamed that ...
A Song Of Eternity In Time (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Once, at night, in the manor wood My Love and I long silent stood, Amazed that any heavens could Decree ...
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 ...
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. ...
Cruelty and Love (David Herbert Lawrence Poems)
What large, dark hands are those at the window Lifted, grasping in the yellow light Which makes its way through ...
Street Cries (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Oft seems the Time a market-town Where many merchant-spirits meet Who up and down and up and down Cry out ...
Monologue of a Mother (David Herbert Lawrence Poems)
This is the last of all, this is the last! I must hold my hands, and turn my face to ...
The Revenge Of Hamish (Sidney Lanier Poems)
It was three slim does and a ten-tined buck in the bracken lay; And all of a sudden the sinister ...
The Present (Philip Levine Poems)
The day comes slowly in the railyard behind the ice factory. It broods on one cinder after another until each ...
Night Thoughts Over A Sick Child (Philip Levine Poems)
Numb, stiff, broken by no sleep, I keep night watch. Looking for signs to quiet fear, I creep closer to ...
An Abandoned Factory, Detroit (Philip Levine Poems)
The gates are chained, the barbed-wire fencing stands, An iron authority against the snow, And this grey monument to common ...
Handwriting on the Wall (Poem)
A weary mother returned from the store, Lugging groceries through the kitchen door. Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year ...
Profit From Failure (Poem)
The test of a man is the fight he makes, The grit that he daily shows; The way he stands ...
Risk (Fran Watson Poem)
Do not be afraid to shine. This world needs what you have to give. Open up the areas of your ...
Fear Not (Poem)
Fear not that you might make a mistake in believing your dream. Fear rather that if you don't go for ...
Better Days are Coming (Wish Belkin Poem)
If you fear losing somebody you love like rejection would be no surprise even if they never said it out ...
Promise Yourself (The Optimist Creed)
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity ...