POETRY collections and Best Poems
Poems By Maya Angelou Still I Rise Poem By Maya Angelou You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wellsPumping in my living room. …
POEMS BY MARY ALDIS: SEEKING Poem By Mary Aldis Swift like the larkOut of the darkOne cometh, singing; Silent in flightOut of the nightAnswer is winging. Forth to the dawnLeaps like a fawnA cry of high greeting, Into the sunTwo that have runSeeking, are meeting. THE SISTERS Poem By Mary Aldis WE fourLive here togetherMy …
Poems By Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) BRIGHTER SHONE THE GOLDEN SHADOWS Poem By Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Brighter shone the golden shadows;On the cool wind softly cameThe low, sweet tones of happy flowers,Singing little Violet’s name.‘Mong the green trees was it whispered,And the bright waves bore it onTo the lonely forest flowers,Where the glad news …
POEMS BY CONRAD AIKEN: DISCORDANTS Poem By Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) VERMILIONED mouth, tired with many kisses,Eyes, that have lighted for so many eyes,–Are you not weary yet with countless lovers,Desirous now to take even me for prize? Draw not my glance, nor set my sick heart beating,–Body so stripped, for all your silks and lace.Do …
POEMS BY MARK AKENSIDE: THE COMPLAINT Poem By Mark Akenside (1721-1770) AWAY! away!Tempt me no more, insidious Love:Thy soothing swayLong did my youthful bosom prove:At length thy treason is discern’d,At length some dear-bought caution earn’d:Away! nor hope my riper age to move. I know, I seeHer merit. Needs it now be shown,Alas! to me?How often, …
ON THE LADY MANCHESTER Poem By Joseph Addison (1672-1719) WHILE haughty Gallia’s dames, that preadO’er their pale cheeks, an artful red,Beheld this beauteous stranger thereIn native charms, divinely fair;Confusion in their looks they show’d;And with unborrow’d blushes glow’d.
NATURE POEMS: LINES COMPOSED IN A WOOD ON A WINDY DAY Poetry/Poem by Anne Bronte (1820-1849) MY soul is awakened, my spirit is soaringAnd carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;For above and around me the wild wind is roaring,Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas. The long withered grass in the sunshine …
NARRATIVE POEMS: JOHN MAYNARD Poetry/Poem by Horatio Alger (1832-1899) ‘TWAS on Lake Erie’s broad expanseOne bright midsummer day,The gallant steamer Ocean QueenSwept proudly on her way.Bright faces clustered on the deck,Or, leaning o’er the side,Watched carelessly the feathery foamThat flecked the rippling tide. Ah, who beneath that cloudless sky,That smiling bends serene,Could dream that danger …
POEMS ON LONELINESS: ZIRA: IN CAPTIVITY, translated into English by: Laurence Hope (1865-1904) LOVE me a little, Lord, or let me go,I am so weary walking to and froThrough all your lonely halls that were so sweetDid they but echo to your coming feet. When by the flowered scrolls of lace-like stoneOur women’s windows — …
RELIGIOUS POEMS: THE MASTER’S HAND Poetry/Poem by Mary Elizabeth Blake (1840-1907) THE scroll was old and gray;The dust of time had gathered white and chillAbove the touches of the worker’s skill,And hid their charm away. The many passed it by;For no sweet curve of dainty face or form,No gleam of light, or flash of color …