The Letter ABy Darren SardelliThe letter A is awesome! It simply is the best. Without an A, you could not get an A+ on a test. You…Arts & SciencesHumor & SatireTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceSchool
poetry-magazineForget-Me-NotBy John HodgenMy brother is dying and I am not. I drag him behind me like a spiritless balloon, like the first robot…LivingDeathLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe MindStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAssonanceAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair + 4 more
poetry-magazineWe Real CoolBy Gwendolyn Brooks We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConsonanceMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
The NegativeBy Tom SleighBack in those days, when he told me about his adventures in sex clubs it wasn't the whys and wherefores…ReligionThe SpiritualRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesLGBTQ+TechniquesAlliterationAllusionAssonanceSimileBlameGrief + 5 more
Tamer and HawkBy Thom GunnI thought I was so tough, But gentled at your hands, Cannot be quick enough To fly for you and show …LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveNatureAnimalsLivingMarriage & CompanionshipAnniversaryEngagementValentine's DayTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceImageryMetaphor + 9 more
Ode to Himself [“Come leave the loathéd stage”]By Ben JonsonCome leave the loathéd stage, And the more loathsome age, Where pride and impudence in faction knit …Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesArts & SciencesTheater & DanceTechniquesAllusionAssonanceMetaphorSimileTypes/ModesOde + 6 more
Tree FernsBy Stanley PlumlyThey were the local Ohio palm, tropic in the heat of trains. They could grow in anything—pitch, whole…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersLivingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceImageryMetaphor + 6 more
Ah! Sun-flowerBy William BlakeAh Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of the Sun: Seeking after that sweet golden clime…NatureTrees & FlowersReligionChristianityStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAllusionAssonance + 2 more
The JewBy Isaac RosenbergMoses, from whose loins I sprung, Lit by a lamp in his blood Ten immutable rules, a moon For mutable…ReligionJudaismTechniquesAssonanceConsonanceAnxiety & Insecurity
Rabbi Ben EzraBy Robert BrowningGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times…ReligionJudaismLivingGrowing OldTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophyEngagementWeddingsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationAssonancePersonaTypes/ModesDramatic Monologue + 10 more
poetry-magazineNightwatchman's SongBy W. D. SnodgrassI What’s unseen may not exist— Or so those secret powers insist That prowl past nightfall, Enabled…Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConfessionalConsonancePersonaTypes/ModesDramatic Monologue + 12 more
poetry-magazineTone DeficitBy Kevin McFaddenCan't tell your oh from your ah? Go, go or else go ga-ga. What, were you born in a barn? Oh. Ah. What…Social CommentariesPopular CultureArts & SciencesHumor & SatireTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConsonanceAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentHumor + 4 more
ThreadBy Jonathan GalassiHeartworn happiness, fine line that winds among the tapestry’s old blacks and blues, bright hair blazing…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAssonance
poetry-magazineDrift-RaftBy Atsuro RileySome nights, blank nothing: The ice-box, milk-purling in the kitchen. The eye-of-pine floorboards … Related Audio RelationshipsHome LifeTechniquesAssonanceImagery
poetry-magazineVowel MovementsBy Daryl HineTake a statement, the same as yesterday’s dictation: Lately pain has been there waiting when I awake…Social CommentariesLivingTime & BrevityStanza FormsMixedTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConsonance + 2 more
The Starlight NightBy Gerard Manley HopkinsLook at the stars! look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The…NatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionChristianityVerse FormsSonnetTechniquesAssonance
Carrion ComfortBy Gerard Manley HopkinsNot, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist — slack they may be — these … Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe MindDoubt & ContemplationVerse FormsSonnetTechniquesAlliterationAssonance + 6 more
poetry-magazineDavy Jones' Door-BellBy Vachel LindsayAny sky-bird sings, Ring, ring! Any church-chime rings, Dong ding! Any cannon says, Boom bang! Any…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsTechniquesAssonanceConsonance
poetry-magazineOn Seeing the Wind at Hope MansellBy Geoffrey HillWhether or not shadows are of the substance such is the expectation I can wait to surprise my vision…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherMetersFree VerseTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConsonanceImagery + 3 more
The Properly Scholarly AttitudeBy Adelaide CrapseyThe poet pursues his beautiful theme; The preacher his golden beatitude; And I run after a vanishing…ActivitiesJobs & WorkingSchool & LearningArts & SciencesHumor & SatireReading & BooksStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAssonanceRefrainBoredomDisappointmentHumor + 7 more