Lapis LazuliBy William Butler YeatsI have heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow, Of poets that are...Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreTypes/ModesAubade
p1“I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow”By Joyce MansourI want to sleep with you elbow to elbow Hair entwined Genitals enlaced With your mouth as a pillow. ...LoveDesire & PassionThe BodyRelationshipsMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesAubadePassion + 5 more
p1Aubade TankaBy L. Lamar WilsonBuzzards figure-eight over browned pampas, stalk whiffs of beheaded cane’s corpses in spindly, bare ...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTypes/ModesAubade
Aubade at Bosque RedondoBy Carrie FountainAlmost nothing has changed about the world. We're still bound to go on having this hunch everything ...LivingTime & BrevityTypes/ModesAubade
p1Aubade Beginning in HandcuffsBy torrin a. greathouseSometimes I pronounce aubade: obeyed for the way this particular desire stumbles the tongue. Hunger’s vocabulary...LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedRelationshipsTypes/ModesAubade
AubadeBy Philip LarkinI work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the ...LivingDeathGrowing OldMidlifeTime & BrevityStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTypes/ModesAubade + 2 more
p1AnniversaryBy Marie PonsotThe big doll being broken and the sawdust fall all scattered by my shoes, not crying I sit in my dark...RelationshipsHome LifeMythology & FolkloreHorrorStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationConsonanceTypes/ModesAubade + 4 more
Aubade with Bread for the SparrowsBy Oliver de la PazThe snow voids the distance of the road and the first breath comes from the early morning ghosts. The...NatureAnimalsReligionThe SpiritualLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityTypes/ModesAubadeGratitude + 4 more
AubadeBy David MuraA wound is a blossom but only to the living. A May night, birdsong before the first light pierces, chirps...LivingParenthoodSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTypes/ModesAubadeAnxiety & Insecurity
AubadeBy Rick BarotScintillas of the anatomical on the vines, buds opening— make me a figure for the woken. On the vines...NatureTrees & FlowersStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesAubade
p1Aubade with Burning CityBy Ocean Vuong Milkflower petals on the street like pieces of a girl’s dress.May your days be merry and bright ......Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingThe BodyMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesAubadeAngerBlameGrief + 6 more
AubadeBy Garrett Caplesthe desire to show is destruction in lessons forgot before learned no shrunken heads hang by wires no...LivingThe BodyThe MindMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesAubadeAnxiety & Insecurity
AubadeBy Amber Flora ThomasI know my leaving in the breakfast table mess. Bowl spills into bowl: milk and bran, bread crust crumbled...LoveDesire & PassionRelationshipsValentine's DayTypes/ModesAubade
AubadeBy Tom SleighLathe of the ocean. Perpetual Motion machine of the waves. Everything still Being turned and shaped ...LoveDesire & PassionFirst LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPhilosophyTechniquesMetaphorTypes/ModesAubadeAnxiety & Insecurity + 9 more
Break of DayBy John Donne‘Tis true, ‘tis day, what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise because...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveDesire & PassionNatureStars, Planets, HeavensRelationshipsTypes/ModesAubade
p1Leave-TakingBy Louise BoganI do not know where either of us can turn Just at first, waking from the sleep of each other. I do not...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingSeparation & DivorceTime & BrevityRelationshipsFarewells & Good LuckValentine's DayTypes/ModesAubadeDisappointmentGrief + 6 more
One MorningBy Emmy PérezYellow pines No ever no green except where stems brown needles green I walk on the wooden train The ...LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsRelationshipsTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesAubadeJoy & Contentment + 3 more
Parting at MorningBy Robert BrowningRound the cape of a sudden came the sea, And the sun looked over the mountain's rim: And straight was...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedNatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsRelationshipsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesAubade + 5 more
p1Under Two WindowsBy Schuyler Van RensselaerI. AUBADE The dawn is here—and the long night through I have never seen thy face, Though my feet have...LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveUnrequited LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsRelationshipsStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesAubade + 7 more