Dedication Stephen Vincent Benet
Tag: Classic Poetry
Elegy IV: The Perfume by John Donne
Elegy IV: The Perfume John Donne
Sunday Sonnet – If by Dull Rhymes
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained, And, like Andromeda, the sonnet sweet Fettered, in spite of pained loveliness
Gandalf’s Song of Lorien by JRR Tolkien
Gandalf's Song of Lorien JRR Tolkien
Feb. 29, 1958 by Allen Ginsberg
Feb. 29, 1958 Allen Ginsberg 1958
Elbereth by JRR Tolkien
Elbereth JRR Tolkien 1951
Decalogue by Ambrose Bierce
Decalogue Ambrose Bierce 1906
Children Selecting Books in A Library by Randall Jarrell
Children Selecting Books in A Library Randall Jarrell 1955
Sunday Sonnet: Gipsies by John Clare
John Clare 1793-1864 The snow falls deep; the forest lies alone;The boy goes hasty for his load of brakes,Then thinks upon the fire and hurries back;The gipsy knocks his hands and tucks them up,And seeks his squalid camp, half hid in snow,Beneath the oak which breaks away the wind,And bushes close in snow like hovel … Continue reading Sunday Sonnet: Gipsies by John Clare
Father Death Blues (Don’t Grow Old, Part V) by Allen Ginsberg
Father Death Blues (Don't Grow Old, Part V) Allen Ginsberg 1976
Elegy for Jane by Theodore Roethke
Elegy for Jane Theodore Roethke 1953
Dear Colette by Erica Jong
Dear Colette Erica Jong
Sunday Sonnet: It is a beauteous evening by William Wordsworth
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Charms by William Henry Davis
Charms William Henry Davis
Before you knew you owned it by Alice Walker
Before you knew you owned it Alice Walker
Elegy by Ambrose Bierce
Elegy Ambrose Bierce
Before an Examination by Stephen Vincent Benet
Before an Examination Stephen Vincent Benet 20th Century
A Country Life by Randall Jarrell
A Country Life Randall Jarrell 20th Century
Days Too Short by William Henry Davies
Days Too Short William Henry Davies
Chanson Un Peu Naïve by Louise Bogan
Chanson Un Peu Naïve Louise Bogan 1923
Danny O’Dare by Shel Silverstein
Danny O'Dare Shel Silverstein 1996
Channel Firing by Thomas Hardy
Channel Firing Thomas Hardy 1914
Beast, Book, Body by Erica Jong
Beast, Book, Body Erica Jong
A Chorus by Elizabeth Jennings
A Chorus Elizabeth Jennings 1953
Sabbaths 2001 by Wendell Berry
Sabbaths 2001 Wendell Berry
Here, I’m Here –
Kobayashi Issa Born: 15 June 1753, Kashiwabara, Japan Nationality: Japanese Died: 5 January 1828, Shinano Province, Japan
Sunday Sonnet – When the Assault Was Intended to the City by John Milton
Captain, or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize, If deed of honour did the ever please
A Dream within a Dream
Poet: Edgar Allan Poe Born: 19 January 1809, Massachusetts, USA Nationality: American Died: 7 October 1849, Maryland, USA
Refrain by Allen Ginsberg
Refrain Allen Ginsberg 20th Century
Peace by Henry Vaughan
Peace Henry Vaughan 1650
Haiku by Jack Kerouac
Haiku Jack Kerouac 20th Century
Recovering Amid the Farms by Jack Gilbert
Recovering Amid the Farms Jack Gilbert
Sunday Sonnet: Come, darkest night by Lady Mary Wroth
Come, darkest night, becoming sorrow best; Light, leave thy light, fit for a lightsome soul
Rain by Jack Gilbert
Rain Jack Gilbert 20th/21st Century
Quarantine by Eavan Boland
Quarantine Eavan Boland 2001
Of the Mean and Sure Estate by Thomas Wyatt
Of the Mean and Sure Estate Thomas Wyatt 16th century
George by Hilaire Belloc
George Hilaire Belloc 19th/20th century
Paying the Captain by Russell Edson
Paying the Captain Russell Edson
Question by May Swenson
Question May Swenson 1978
Sunday Sonnet: To the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth by Ben Jonson
I that have been a lover, and could shew it, Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb; Since I exscribe your sonnets, am become
Passport by Mahmoud Darwish
They did not recognize me in the shadows That suck away my colour in this Passport And to them my wound was an exhibit For a tourist Who loves to collect photographs
Named by Stephen Dunn
Named Stephen Dunn 20th century
Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape by John Ashbery
Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape John Ashbery 20th/21st century
Off the Ground by Walter de la Mare
Off the Ground Walter de la Mare 19th/20th century
Parable Of the Dove by Louise Gluck
Parable Of the Dove Louise Gluck 20th/21st century A dove lived in a village. When it opened its mouth sweetness came out, sound like a silver light around the cherry bough. But the dove wasn't satisfied
Of A Ministry Pitiful, Angry, Mean by Jane Austen
Of A Ministry Pitiful, Angry, Mean Jane Austen 18th/19th century Of a Ministry pitiful, angry, mean, A gallant commander the victim is seen. For promptitude, vigour, success, does he stand
Man Alone by Louise Bogan
Man Alone Louise Bogan 20th century It is yourself you seek In a long rage, Scanning through light and darkness Mirrors, the page
Elegy for an Enemy by Stephen Vincent Benet
Elegy for an Enemy Stephen Vincent Benet 20th century Say, does that stupid earth Where they have laid her, Bind still her sullen mirth, Mirth which betrayed her?
Night Journey by Theodore Roethke
Night Journey Theodore Roethke 1941 Now as the train bears west, Its rhythm rocks the earth, And from my Pullman berth
Ode to Pity by Jane Austen
Ode to Pity Jane Austen 18th/19th century Ever musing I delight to tread The Paths of honour and the Myrtle Grove Whilst the pale Moon her beams doth shed
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