OZYMANDIAS

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

Fire and Ice

By Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of [...]

Disillusionment of Ten O’clock

By Wallace Stevens The houses are haunted By white night-gowns. None are green, Or purple with green rings, Or green [...]

Against Lying

O ’tis a lovely thing for youth To early walk in wisdom’s way; To fear a lie, to speak the [...]

ALONE

By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others [...]

Phenomenal Woman

Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size [...]

Digging

By Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, [...]

For a Coming Extinction

By W. S. Merwin Gray whale Now that we are sending you to The End That great god Tell him [...]