Poem of the Week 10-24-11
Returning, We Hear the Larks By Isaac Rosenberg Sombre the night is. And though we have our lives, we know What sinister threat lies there. Dragging these anguished limbs, we…
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Returning, We Hear the Larks By Isaac Rosenberg Sombre the night is. And though we have our lives, we know What sinister threat lies there. Dragging these anguished limbs, we…
Bound for your distant home By Alexander Pushkin Bound for your distant home you were leaving alien lands. In an hour as sad as I’ve known I wept over your…
Root Cellar By Theodore Roethke Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch, Bulbs broke out of boxes hunting for chinks in the dark, Shoots dangled and drooped,…
If I Ran the Zoo By Dr Seuss “And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an IT-KUTCH a PREEP and a PROO a NERKLE…
Peace XVIII By Kahlil Gibran The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants…
Squash in Blossom By Robert Francis How lush, how loose, the uninhibited squash is. If ever hearts (and these immoderate leaves Are vegetable hearts) were worn on sleeves, The squash’s…
A Dream of Trees By Mary Oliver There is a thing in me that dreamed of trees, A quiet house, some green and modest acres A little way from every…
By the Lake By Tu Fu The old fellow from Shao-ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on a day in spring.…
A Fit of Rhyme Against Rhyme By Ben Jonson Rhyme, the rack of finest wits, That expresseth but by fits True conceit, Spoiling senses of their treasure, Cozening judgment with…
Pure Imagination By Roald Dahl Come with me and you’ll be In a world of pure imagination Take a look and you’ll see Into your imagination We’ll begin with a…