When Giving Is All We Have

 By Alberto Ríos    One river gives   Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. [...]

On Joy and Sorrow

By Kahlil Gibran Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. And he answered: Your joy is [...]

Cold Blooded Creatures

By Elinor Wylie Man, the egregious egoist, (In mystery the twig is bent,) Imagines, by some mental twist, That he [...]

The Face of Hunger

By Oswald Mbuyiseni I counted ribs on his concertina chest Bones protruding as if chiseled By a sculptor’s hand of [...]

THE HERMIT

By Alan Paton I have barred the doors Of the place where I bide, I am old and afraid Of [...]

OZYMANDIAS

By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of [...]

“The Motive for Metaphor”

By Wallace Stevens You like it under the trees in autumn, Because everything is half dead. The wind moves like [...]

Notes on the Art of Poetry

by Dylan Thomas I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on in the world between the covers of [...]