Category Archives: Poems
Anthem for Doomed Youth
By Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? — Only the monstrous [...]
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863 – 1940) The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that [...]
Vocabulary
– Jason Schneiderman I used to love words, but not looking them up. Now I [...]
The Rape of Persephone
(Inspired by the sculpture of “The Rape of Persephone” by Bernini, in the Villa Borghese, [...]
A Legend of Truth
Rudyard Kipling Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, Truth, rising from the bottom [...]
Eating Poetry
by Mark Strand Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness [...]
Fire and Ice
By Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. [...]
WILD GEESE
Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk [...]
Not Writing
Jane Kenyon A wasp rises to its papery nest under the eaves where it daubs [...]
The Dog
by Ogden Nash The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that [...]