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Inventory by Dorothy Parker.
Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I’d been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I ... More poems about
Dorothy Parker.
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Tin Fish by Rudyard Kipling.
The ships destroy us above And ensnare us beneath.We arise, we lie down, and we In the belly of Death.The ships have a thousand eyes To mark ... More poems about
Rudyard Kipling.
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An Old Man To His Sleeping Young Bride by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
As when the old moon lighted by the tenderAnd radiant crescent of the new is seen,And for a moment's space suggests the splendorOf what in its full prime it once ... More poems about
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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To A Lady by William Dunbar.
SWEET rois of vertew and of gentilness, Delytsum lily of everie lustynes, Richest in bontie and in bewtie clear, And everie vertew that is ... More poems about
William Dunbar.
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Black Ice by Raymond A Foss.
What was the weather forecast, what did they say? Black ice?Words that harken back, bring meto a moment of sadness, of lossSeeing you, the car, the chaosBlack ice, no control, ... More poems about
Raymond A Foss.
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At The Right Hand Of God by Raymond A Foss.
The Son, the holy Wordseated at the right hand of the Father, the CreatorA way of understanding the relationship, the single entitythe being that is God,to the extent there is ... More poems about
Raymond A Foss.
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Jonah And The Grampus by Marriott Edgar.
I'll tell you the story of Jonah,A really remarkable tale;A peaceful and humdrum existence he hadUntil one day he went for a sail. The weather were grand when they started,But ... More poems about
Marriott Edgar.
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PROXIMITY OF THE BELOVED ONE. by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
I THINK of thee, whene'er the sun his beamsO'er ocean flings;I think of thee, whene'er the moonlight gleamsIn silv'ry springs.I see thee, when upon the distant ridgeThe dust awakes;At ... More poems about
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
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8 Fragments For Kurt Cobain by Jim Carroll.
1/Genius is not a generous thingIn return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can coverAnd it resents fameWith bitter vengeance Pills and powdres only placate it awhileThen ... More poems about
Jim Carroll.
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The Law Of The Jungle by Rudyard Kipling.
(From The Jungle Book)Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the ... More poems about
Rudyard Kipling.
