Our HeronBy William OlsenObservation isn’t serious play. It is living serious. Same heron. It’s used to us, we are as twilight…NatureAnimalsLivingMarriage & CompanionshipThe MindMemory & NostalgiaJoy & Contentment
Big ClockBy Li-Young LeeWhen the big clock at the train station stopped,the leaves kept falling,the trains kept running,my mother…Social CommentariesLivingGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
The Haunted HouseBy Felicia Dorothea HemansSee’st thou yon gray gleaming hall,Where the deep elm-shadows fall?Voices that have left the earth …LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHalloweenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaGrief + 4 more
Night MirrorBy Li-Young LeeLi-Young, don’t feel lonelywhen you look upinto great night and findyourself the far face peeringhugely…The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
All Souls’ NightBy William Butler YeatsMidnight has come and the great Christ Church bellAnd many a lesser bell sound through the room;And …ReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
Black CherriesBy W. S. MerwinLate in May as the light lengthenstoward summer the young goldfinchesflutter down through the day for…NatureTrees & FlowersThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityJoy & Contentment
I am trying to carve out a world where people are not the sum total of their disasterBy Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of Godone might begin andthis must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityTown & Country LifeLivingLife ChoicesThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more
Cyrus & the SnakesBy Ada LimónMy brother holds a snake by its head. The whole length of the snake is the length of my brother’s body…NatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 10 more
Calling Things What They AreBy Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! …LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveNatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeMidlifeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorSimileTypes/ModesProse PoemJoy & Contentment + 16 more
p1Dear future selfBy JP HowardIf I should ever forget you, this is my love note to you You were loved You were somebody’s lover …The MindMemory & Nostalgia
Enter the DragonBy John MurilloFor me, the movie starts with a black man Leaping into an orbit of badges, tiny moons Catching the …Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalSimileAnxiety & Insecurity + 13 more
DollsBy Toi Derricotte To be born woman is to know— Although they do not speak of it at school- Women must labor to be beautiful…LivingThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTechniquesEpigraphTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAngerBlame + 5 more
Song of the DepartedBy Georg TraklFull of harmonies is the flight of birds. The green woods Have closed about the stiller huts at evening…The MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGrief
UnderwayBy Georg TraklAt evening they bore the stranger into the death parlor; a scent of tar; the faint rustling of red sycamores…LoveDesire & PassionLivingDeathThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
Blonde BombshellBy Lynn EmanuelLove is boring and passé, all that old baggage, the bloody bric-a-brac, the bad, the gothic, retrograde…Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesSimileOptimism + 8 more
Into the WeedsBy Kevin PruferThe brutality of those two men who broke into her apartment and murdered her boyfriend, then, as she…Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentLivingComing of AgeDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 16 more
Speaking AloneBy Tristan Tzarasenseless here’s the man with the crystal contractions with the rumor of sand with a doll’s past tense…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesTravels & JourneysGriefMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
Los Angeles, Fin de SiècleBy Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today: Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls sneer, while their mothers…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassMoney & EconomicsPopular CultureLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePhotography & FilmStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 11 more
The HorsesBy Ted HughesI climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, Not a leaf…NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsStars, Planets, HeavensSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesPastoral + 12 more
And So Long, I’ve Had You FameBy Lucie Brock-BroidoHow odd that she would die into an Augustnight, I would have thoughtshe would have gone out in a pale…Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingDeathYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 7 more