Frustration by Dorothy Parker
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
If I had a shiny gun,
I could have a world of fun
Speeding bullets through the brains
Of the folk who give me pains…
Archive for March, 2009:
Length of Moon by Arna Bontemps
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
Then the golden hour
Will tick its last
And the flame will go down in the flower…
I Am Not Yours by Sara Teasdale
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea…
There is Another Sky by Emily Dickinson
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there…
Rite of Spring by Seamus Heaney
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
So winter closed its fist
And got it stuck in the pump.
The plunger froze up a lump…
Journey Into The Interior by Theodore Roethke
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
In the long journey out of the self,
There are many detours, washed-out interrupted raw places
Where the shale slides dangerously…
A Pact by Ezra Pound
filed in English Poetry on Mar.31, 2009
I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman–
I have detested you long enough.
I come to you as a grown child
Who has had a pig-headed father…
