On Quiet FeetBy Nikki GrimesWhen my dad walks into a room, or down the street, he inches up on me silent as shadow, and I don't ...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsClassicsTimeless Treasures
p1the world is about to end and my grandparents are in loveBy Kara Jackson still, living like they orbit one another, my grandfather, the planet, & grandma, his moon assigned...LoveClassic LoveRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenJoy & ContentmentClassicsTimeless Treasures
Thanksgiving Day [“Over the river and through the wood”]By Lydia Maria ChildOver the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry ...ActivitiesTravels & JourneysThanksgivingStanza FormsRhymed StanzaClassicsHolidaysTimeless Treasures
Ode on a Grecian UrnBy John KeatsThou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian...LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveUnrequited LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsArts & SciencesMusicPainting & SculpturePhilosophyMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesEkphrasisOdeAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentArts & CultureClassics + 25 more
O Captain! My Captain!By Walt WhitmanO Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought...Social CommentariesLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreHeroes & PatriotismFuneralsTypes/ModesElegyGriefBeing OneselfClassics + 5 more
Casey at the BatBy Ernest Lawrence ThayerThe outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two with but one...LivingActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesVerse FormsBalladDisappointmentHumorClassicsSports and Outdoor ActivitiesTimeless Treasures + 3 more
The Charge of the Light BrigadeBy Alfred, Lord TennysonI Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictMythology & FolkloreHeroes & PatriotismStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAnaphoraTypes/ModesElegyDisappointmentGriefClassics + 6 more
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarBy Jane TaylorTwinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensTypes/ModesNursery RhymesClassicsTimeless Treasures
p1Figs from Thistles: First FigBy Edna St. Vincent MillayMy candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives...RelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsRhymed StanzaBeing OneselfClassics
p1TreesBy Joyce KilmerI think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the...ClassicsSports and Outdoor Activities
Pied BeautyBy Gerard Manley HopkinsGlory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all...NatureReligionGod & the DivineTechniquesAlliterationOptimismClassics
Mending WallBy Robert FrostSomething there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMetersBlank VerseClassicsFriends
The Road Not TakenBy Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood...NatureFallLandscapes & PastoralsLivingMidlifeTime & BrevityGraduationStanza FormsRhymed StanzaClassicsSports and Outdoor Activities + 4 more
The RavenBy Edgar Allan PoeOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume...LoveHeartache & LossLivingSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHorrorHalloweenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaAngerBlameDisappointmentGriefMelancholy & DespairAnimalsArts & CultureClassics + 11 more
OzymandiasBy Percy Bysshe ShelleyI met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the ...LivingTime & BrevityActivitiesTravels & JourneysVerse FormsSonnetDisappointmentArts & CultureClassics + 2 more
If—By Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust...ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingComing of AgeFarewells & Good LuckGraduationStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAnaphoraHumorOptimismArts & CultureBeing OneselfClassics + 8 more
To an Athlete Dying YoungBy A. E. HousmanThe time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering...LivingComing of AgeDeathThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsCoupletTypes/ModesElegyGriefClassicsSports and Outdoor Activities + 10 more
JackBy Jane YolenJack was quite nimble, Jack was quite quick, Jack gave the beanstalk A mighty big kick. Down came the...Being OneselfClassics
If We Must DieBy Claude McKayIf we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsVerse FormsSonnetAngerDisappointmentClassics + 4 more
p1The Witch Has Told You a StoryBy Ava Leavell HaymonYou are food.You are here for meto eat. Fatten up,and I will like you better.Your brother will be first...Mythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsMetersFree VerseArts & CultureClassics