Jordan (II) (George Herbert Poems)
When first my lines of heav'nly joyes made mention,Such was their lustre, they did so excell,That I sought out quaint ...
Intention Poems (84 Poems)
Queer Things (Emanuel Carnevali Poems)
One nostril means latin,The other means greek.My legs will belittle steel rods,which will continuetrotting afterI am dead.My arms aretwo useless ...
The New-Old Opposition (George Canning Poems)
It is said, the Great Men, who are seized with the pouts, At their suddenly alter'd condition;Who so late were ...
Sin’s Round (George Herbert Poems)
Sorry I am, my God, sorry I am, That my offences course it in a ring. My thoughts are working ...
Our Restless Hearts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
never satisfied, disquiet in our spirits what we have, who we are defined by our possessions our storehouses full our ...
The peter-bird (Eugene Field Poem)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter, And from the orchard a voice echoes and ...
The Ear-Maker And The Mould-Mender (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN William went from home (a trader styled): Six months his better half he left with child, A simple, comely, ...
The Unequal Fetters (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
Cou'd we stop the time that's flying Or recall itt when 'tis past Put far off the day of Dying ...
They Should Have Provided (Constantine P. Cavafy Poem)
I have almost been reduced to a homeless pauper. This fatal city, Antioch, has consumed all my money; this fatal ...
In Harbor (Constantine P. Cavafy Poem)
A young man, twenty eight years old, on a vessel from Tenos, Emes arrived at this Syrian harbor with the ...
Clemente’s Images (Robert Creeley Poems)
1) Sleeping birds, lead me, soft birds, be me inside this black room, back of the white moon. In the ...
The Cat in the Kitchen (Robert Bly Poem)
(For Donald Hall) Have you heard about the boy who walked by The black water? I won't say much more. ...
The Vision of Judgment (Lord Byron Poem)
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
Master Hugues Of Saxe-Gotha (Robert Browning Poem)
An imaginary composer.] I. Hist, but a word, fair and soft! Forth and be judged, Master Hugues! Answer the question ...
The House Of Dust: Part 04: 03: Palimpsest: A Deceitful Portrait (Conrad Aiken Poem)
Well, as you say, we live for small horizons: We move in crowds, we flow and talk together, Seeing so ...
Prayer of Columbus. (Walt Whitman Poems)
A BATTER'D, wreck'd old man, Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home, Pent by the sea, and dark ...
THE VANDAL (Barry Tebb Poems)
Someone has been tearing up the autumn, Its ripped leaves ripple across the road Flip liked hinged cards in the ...
Passage to India. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 SINGING my days, Singing the great achievements of the present, Singing the strong, light works of engineers, Our modern ...
Sorry (R. S. Thomas Poems)
Dear parents, I forgive you my life, Begotten in a drab town, The intention was good; Passing the street now, ...
Moonlight (Vita Sackville-West Poems)
What time the meanest brick and stone Take on a beauty not their own, And past the flaw of builded ...
Love And Marilyn Monroe (Delmore Schwartz Poems)
(after Spillane) Let us be aware of the true dark gods Acknowledgeing the cache of the crotch The primitive pure ...
On the Way (Edwin Arlington Robinson Poems)
NOTE.-The following imaginary dialogue between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which is not based upon any specific incident in American ...
For my own Monument (Matthew Prior Poems)
AS doctors give physic by way of prevention, Mat, alive and in health, of his tombstone took care; For delays ...
The Road to Success is Always Under Construction (Poem)
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way. Life is not no much a matter of position ...