Rain at NightBy Andrew FrisardiThe city lies back in its winding-sheetWhile little digits drum a steady beatOn roofs and terraces, …NatureWeatherSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeStanza FormsCoupletRhymed Stanza
Easter MorningBy Andrew Frisardi PRIMEAt dawn, the shapes of cypresses in fogWere fingers pointing up from graves, as if what's born…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingEasterVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsRhymed Stanza + 3 more
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
Meditation on Statistical MethodBy J. V. CunninghamPlato, despair! We prove by norms How numbers bear Empiric forms, How random wrong Will average right…Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointment
Unromantic LoveBy J. V. CunninghamThere is no stillness in this wood. The quiet of this clearing Is the denial of my hearing The sounds…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited LoveRelationshipsAnniversaryStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointment
The Metaphysical AmoristBy J. V. CunninghamYou are the problem I propose, My dear, the text my musings glose: I call you for convenience love. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsAnniversaryStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointmentJoy & Contentment + 3 more
MaryBy William BlakeSweet Mary, the first time she ever was there, Came into the Ball room among the Fair; The young Men…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityTown & Country LifeLivingComing of AgeYouthThe BodyStanza FormsQuatrainRhymed StanzaMetersTechniquesImageryMelancholy & Despair + 7 more
Ma RaineyBy Sterling A. BrownI When Ma Rainey Comes to town, Folks from anyplace Miles aroun’, From Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesMusicStanza FormsCoupletMixedRhymed Stanza
[A dreadful darkness closes in]By Anne BrontëA dreadful darkness closes in On my bewildered mind; O let me suffer and not sin, Be tortured yet resigned…ReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAllusion
Song: Go, Lovely RoseBy Edmund WallerGo, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee…LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaAnger + 5 more
Thanksgiving Day [“Over the river and through the wood”]By Lydia Maria ChildOver the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry …ActivitiesTravels & JourneysThanksgivingStanza FormsRhymed StanzaClassicsHolidaysTimeless Treasures
p1!By Wendy VidelockDear Writers, I’m compiling the first in what I hope is a series of publications I’m calling artists…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaHumor + 2 more
The Ballad of the Lonely MasturbatorBy Anne SextonThe end of the affair is always death. She’s my workshop. Slippery eye, out of the tribe of myself…LoveDesire & PassionLivingMarriage & CompanionshipSeparation & DivorceRelationshipsMen & WomenActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional + 6 more
Unknown Girl in the Maternity WardBy Anne SextonChild, the current of your breath is six days long. You lie, a small knuckle on my white bed; lie,…LivingParenthoodStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesPersonaTypes/ModesDramatic Monologue
Her KindBy Anne SextonI have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional
Third Avenue in SunlightBy Anthony HechtThird Avenue in sunlight. Nature’s error. Already the bars are filled and John is there. Beneath a…LivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsRhymed Stanza
The Truth the Dead KnowBy Anne SextonGone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, letting the dead ride…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional + 4 more
All My Pretty OnesBy Anne SextonFather, this year’s jinx rides us apart where you followed our mother to her cold slumber; a second …LivingDeathParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPhilosophyFather's DayStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional + 5 more
Gathering LeavesBy Robert FrostSpades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves Are light as balloons. I make …NatureFallTrees & FlowersThe MindDoubt & ContemplationStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointmentSports and Outdoor Activities + 2 more
In a Disused GraveyardBy Robert FrostThe living come with grassy tread To read the gravestones on the hill; The graveyard draws the living…LivingDeathTime & BrevityStanza FormsRhymed StanzaAnxiety & InsecurityGrief