Passing Out (Philip Levine Poems)
The doctor fingers my bruise. "Magnificent," he says, "black at the edges and purple cored." Seated, he spies for clues, ...
World Poems (14731 Poems)
Foreign Missions in Battle Array (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
An endless line of splendor, These troops with heaven for home, With creeds they go from Scotland, With incense go ...
A Florida Sunday. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
From cold Norse caves or buccaneer Southern seas Oft come repenting tempests here to die; Bewailing old-time wrecks and robberies, ...
The Symphony (Sidney Lanier Poems)
"O Trade! O Trade! would thou wert dead! The Time needs heart -- 'tis tired of head: We're all for ...
Another Song (Philip Levine Poems)
Words go on travelling from voice to voice while the phones are still and the wires hum in the cold. ...
Then (Philip Levine Poems)
A solitary apartment house, the last one before the boulevard ends and a dusty road winds its slow way out ...
On Reading Omar Khayyam (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
In the midst of the battle I turned, (For the thunders could flourish ...
A Sunrise Song. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Young palmer sun, that to these shining sands Pourest thy pilgrim's tale, discoursing still Thy silver passages of sacred lands, ...
“I Love You Sweatheart” (Thomas Lux Poems)
A man risked his life to write the words. A man hung upside down (an idiot friend holding his legs?) ...
Everything (Philip Levine Poems)
Lately the wind burns the last leaves and evening comes too late to be of use, lately I learned that ...
Green Thumb (Philip Levine Poems)
Shake out my pockets! Harken to the call Of that calm voice that makes no sound at all! Take of ...
The Merciful Hand (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Written to Miss Alice L. F. Fitzgerald, Edith Cavell memorial nurse, going to the front. Your fine white hand is ...
Clover (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Inscribed to the Memory of John Keats. Dear uplands, Chester's favorable fields, My large unjealous Loves, many yet one -- ...
Equipment (Edgar A. Guest Poem)
Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You've all that the greatest of men have had, Two arms, two hands, ...
The Most Beautiful Flower (Poem)
The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long,straggly branches of an old willow tree. ...
The World Is Against Me (Edgar A. Guest Poem)
"The world is against me," he said with a sigh. "Somebody stops every scheme that I try. The world has ...
Somebody (Jeff Yalden Poem)
Somebody is very proud of you. Somebody is thinking of you. Somebody is caring about you. Somebody misses you. Somebody ...
Self-Confidence (Poem)
If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think that you dare not, you don't; If you'd like ...
Risk (Fran Watson Poem)
Do not be afraid to shine. This world needs what you have to give. Open up the areas of your ...
I Can! (Poem)
Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve. Dream great dreams and make them come true. Do it ...
Habit (Poem)
I am your constant companion, I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag ...
What is Real Success? (Tim Conner Poem)
Everyone wants success, and yet they often don't know when they have it. For most, it is the maddening chase ...
Success (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poem)
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the ...
A Child to Love (Poem)
You can have your wealth and riches All the things so many seek, Position, power, and success, The fame you ...
The Guy in the Glass (Dale Wimbrow Poem)
When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day ...
The Ragged Wood (William Butler Yeats Poem)
O hurry where by water among the trees The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh, When they have but looked ...
The Generations of Men (Robert Frost Poem)
A governor it was proclaimed this time, When all who would come seeking in New Hampshire Ancestral memories might come ...
I Resign (Poem)
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities ...
Network (Poem)
Decide to network Use every letter you write Every conversation you have Every meeting you attend To express your fundamental ...
What Actually Love Is (Poem)
Why do we close our eyes when we sleep? When we cry? When we imagine? When we kiss? This is ...