ApocalypseBy Sri ChinmoyWithin, without the cosmos wide am I;In joyful sweep I loose forth and draw back all.A birthless, deathless...LoveDesire & PassionNatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionThe SpiritualStanza FormsQuatrainMetersBlank VerseTechniquesImageryPassion + 6 more
WHO REAL؟By Marwa Helalsay i ‘well particular in one no to backed ive time first the isnt this disaster a of out usLivingThe MindArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree Verse + 2 more
To a Wreath of SnowBy Emily BrontëO transient voyager of heaven! O silent sign of winter skies! What adverse wind thy sail has driven...NatureWinterLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentReligionThe SpiritualLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesOdeGratitude + 13 more
MaryBy William BlakeSweet Mary, the first time she ever was there, Came into the Ball room among the Fair; The young Men...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityTown & Country LifeLivingComing of AgeYouthThe BodyStanza FormsQuatrainRhymed StanzaMetersTechniquesImageryMelancholy & Despair + 7 more
Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez MejíasBy Federico García Lorca1. La cogida y la muerte A las cinco de la tarde. Eran las cinco en punto de la tarde. Un niño trajo...LoveHeartache & LossNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesVerse FormsBalladStanza FormsMixedQuatrainTechniquesRefrainTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 14 more
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez MejíasBy Federico García Lorca1 The Goring and the Death At five in the afternoon At the stroke of five The boy brought the white ...LoveHeartache & LossNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesRefrainTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 14 more
Curious George Can't Swim: A PantoumBy Natalie E. IllumA swimming pool hotter than bathwater. Chlorine haze. My mother along the edge encouraging me, with ...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesVerse FormsPantoumStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 11 more
p1Might Have Been July, Might Have Been DecemberBy Robert WrigleyMore oblique the eagle’s angle than the osprey’s precipitous fall, but rose up both and under them dangled...NatureSummerWinterAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationStanza FormsQuatrainJoy & Contentment + 3 more
DreamsBy Langston HughesHold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams...Stanza FormsQuatrainTechniquesImageryAnxiety & Insecurity
Six QuatrainsBy Ursula K. Le Guin AUTUMN gold of amber red of ember brown of umber all September MCCOY CREEK Over the bright shallows...NatureSpringFallWinterLandscapes & PastoralsLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrain + 2 more
p1Back Up Quick They’re HippiesBy Lani O'HanlonThat was the year we drove into the commune in Cornwall. “Jesus Jim,” mam said, “back up quick they’...Social CommentariesClassPopular CultureLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsQuatrain + 6 more
p1Charlottesville CurriculumBy Sarah GambitoI am afraid of your transcendental death. When people say think of a man. I think of a brown man. Sometimes...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe BodyStanza FormsQuatrainGriefMelancholy & Despair + 5 more
p1Sedition — a letter to the writer from Meri MangakāhiaBy Anahera GildeaHere’s what I had in mind, kōtiro, this clipping at words like overgrown maikuku — return the blankets...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsReading & BooksStanza FormsQuatrainAngerBlame + 6 more
p1Letter from the EstuaryBy Erik KennedyTwo feet of snow at my parents’ place, in another season. Here, the cicadas sing like Christian women...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedNatureWinterAnimalsWeatherLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsStanza FormsQuatrain + 7 more
p1Agnus DeiBy Steven ToussaintMust be a stumbler, bleeder, as some floccus remains here, carded into ragged sleeves by barbed wire...NatureAnimalsReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathLife ChoicesActivitiesEating & DrinkingStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseAnxiety & Insecurity + 7 more
p1All the American Poets Have Titled Their New Books “The End”By Cornelius EadyHow many books now have the word Last In their title? Or worry, or some dangling variation Of mistake? Or empire burning...Social CommentariesPopular CultureArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsStanza FormsQuatrainMelancholy & Despair
p1God LetterBy CM BurroughsDo I have to dress up or can I wear jeans? Dear Joaquin, casual Sunday is a plus! Can a woman be fully...ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesStanza FormsQuatrainBlameHumor + 3 more
p1Winter, Hospital BedBy Robert AdamsonMemory was the room I entered down a long corridor Thrown by the white drugs of pain though pain Was...LivingHealth & IllnessLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsStanza FormsQuatrain + 3 more
p1The hard partBy Clare JonesThe new root of the fern is the part you eat in famine. Harsh words are spoken, but they’re not the ...NatureAnimalsTrees & FlowersLivingLife ChoicesStanza FormsQuatrainMelancholy & Despair
p1I’m Reading Your MindBy Jorie Grahamhere. Have been for centuries. No, longer. Everything already has been. It’s not a reasonable place,...NatureAnimalsReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityStanza FormsQuatrainMetersFree VerseDisappointment + 9 more