Love Song
Love Song
By Rainer Maria Rilke
How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough,...
Our Prayer of Thanks
Our Prayer of Thanks
by Carl Sandburg
For the gladness here where the sun is shining at evening on the weeds at the river,
Our prayer of...
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
By Edgar Allen Poe, 1839
In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace-
Radiant palace- reared its head.
In...
Drinkin’ from My Saucer
Drinkin' from My Saucer
I've never made a fortune
And it's prob'ly too late now;
But I don't worry 'bout that much,
I'm happy anyhow!
And as I go...
For Example
For Example
By Adrienne Rich
November 23, 1963
Sometimes you meet an old man
whose fist isn't clenched blue-white.
Someone like that old poet
whose grained palm once travelled
the bodies...
My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun (764)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
In Corners - till a Day
The...
Artist’s Life
Artist's Life
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote,
mad with melody, rhythm--rife
From the very first to the final note,
Give me his...
A Successful Woman
Note: This poem is the property of Office Depot, Inc. and was written by Krista Koontz Martinelli.
I Hear You
I Hear You
By Bryan Hayes
© 2016
Just because you speak,
Doesn’t mean you are heard.
Just because you are heard,
Doesn’t mean you are understood.
Just because you are...
The Arrow and the Song
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow...