By Felicia Dorothea Hemans
See’st thou yon gray gleaming hall,Where the deep elm-shadows fall?Voices that have left the earth Long...
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- By Li-Young LeeLi-Young, don’t feel lonelywhen you look upinto great night and findyourself the far face peeringhugely...
- By Kemi AlabiI used to pray to a man-faced god.Kept his whip beneath my bed.Set alarms for daybreak lashings.Pressed...
- By William Butler YeatsI Swear by what the Sages spoke Round the Mareotic Lake That the Witch of Atlas knew, Spoke and set ...
- By William Butler YeatsThe unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes,...
- By C. Dale YoungThe angle of the sun does not confuse them— once the bees find the rosemary, they cannot forget it is...
- By William Butler YeatsMidnight has come and the great Christ Church bellAnd many a lesser bell sound through the room;And ...
- By Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs...
- By W. S. MerwinLate in May as the light lengthenstoward summer the young goldfinchesflutter down through the day for...
- By Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of Godone might begin andthis must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the...
- By Sri ChinmoyUltimately everything Becomes boring.Even great miracles Become boring.Even the tremendous powers of...
- By Ada LimónMy brother holds a snake by its head. The whole length of the snake is the length of my brother’s body...
- By Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...
- By R. L. SwihartThe young man says, “Alan can do anything he wants”“Not fly,” I sayThe young man returns a puzzled look...
- By Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets of...
- By Tilsa Otta(( How would life feelNot the one that’s personal and non-transferableBut the one that’s nobody’sThe...
- By Tilsa Otta(( Cómo se sentirá la vidaNo la personal e intransferibleSino la que no es de nadieLa que es libreLa...
- By Toi DerricotteWhen relatives came from out of town,we would drive down to Blackbottom,drive slowly down the congested...
- By JP HowardIf I should ever forget you, this is my love note to you You were loved You were somebody’s lover You...
- By CAConradFrank is a young boy asleep in ancient Tibet what you thought was your life is really his dream he may...