Category Archives: Poems
Let Them Not Say
by Jane Hirshfield Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw. Let [...]
Blue
David Herbert Richards Lawrence The earth again like a ship steams out of the dark [...]
When Giving Is All We Have
By Alberto Ríos One river gives Its journey to the next. We give [...]
On Joy and Sorrow
By Kahlil Gibran Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. And [...]
Cold Blooded Creatures
By Elinor Wylie Man, the egregious egoist, (In mystery the twig is bent,) Imagines, by [...]
The Face of Hunger
By Oswald Mbuyiseni I counted ribs on his concertina chest Bones protruding as if chiseled [...]
THE HERMIT
By Alan Paton I have barred the doors Of the place where I bide, I [...]
OZYMANDIAS
By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two [...]
“The Motive for Metaphor”
By Wallace Stevens You like it under the trees in autumn, Because everything is half [...]
Notes on the Art of Poetry
by Dylan Thomas I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on in the [...]