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 [...]