The HorsesBy Ted HughesI climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Evil air, a frost-making stillness, Not a leaf...NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsStars, Planets, HeavensSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesPastoral + 12 more
p1We Real CoolBy Gwendolyn Brooks We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConsonanceMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
Strange MeetingBy Wilfred OwenIt seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesConsonanceAngerBlameDisappointmentGrief + 6 more
Doctor FrolicBy Robert PinskyFelicity the healer isn’t young And you don’t look him up unless you need him. Clown’s eyes, Pope’s ...NatureSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeThe BodyActivitiesJobs & WorkingStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConsonance + 3 more
A Cartography of PassionsBy Deborah Paredezi. here: our forsaken home mesa breaks desert dialing curve of mountain territory of anthropology of...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsTechniquesAlliterationAllusionConsonanceTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAnxiety & Insecurity + 4 more
The Cataract of LodoreBy Robert Southey"How does the water Come down at Lodore?" My little boy asked me Thus, once on a time; And moreover ...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesTechniquesAlliterationConsonanceRefrainJoy & ContentmentFor All AgesSports and Outdoor Activities + 5 more
p1AnniversaryBy Marie PonsotThe big doll being broken and the sawdust fall all scattered by my shoes, not crying I sit in my dark...RelationshipsHome LifeMythology & FolkloreHorrorStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationConsonanceTypes/ModesAubade + 4 more
A TerreBy Wilfred OwenSit on the bed; I'm blind, and three parts shell. Be careful; can't shake hands now; never shall. Both...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyThe MindStanza FormsRhymed StanzaMetersBlank VerseTechniquesConsonance + 6 more
Arms and the BoyBy Wilfred OwenLet the boy try along this bayonet-blade How cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood; Blue with...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConsonance + 2 more
Cadillac MoonBy Kevin YoungCrashing again—Basquiat sends fenders & letters headlong into each other the future. Fusion. AAAAAAAAAAA...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensSocial CommentariesPopular CultureMetersFree VerseTechniquesConsonanceImagery + 2 more
Before SextetBy Bernadette MayerUse a new conductor every time-out you have sextet—before foreshore, before pen name gets anywhere near...LoveDesire & PassionRelationshipsArts & SciencesHumor & SatireLanguage & LinguisticsTechniquesAllusionConsonanceMetaphorHumor + 4 more
The Foundry GardenBy Stanley PlumlyMyths of the landscape— the sun going down in the mouths of the furnaces, the fires banked and cooling...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesClassLivingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhilosophyTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesElegy + 10 more
CheerBy Stanley PlumlyLike the waxwings in the juniper, a dozen at a time, divided, paired, passing the berries back and forth...NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsRelationshipsHome LifeTechniquesConsonanceSimile
The LambBy William BlakeLittle Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed. By the stream...ReligionChristianityLivingRelationshipsPetsArts & SciencesPhilosophyEasterStanza FormsCoupletTechniquesConsonanceRefrainJoy & ContentmentOptimismAnimals + 9 more
Never Seek to Tell thy LoveBy William BlakeNever seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be For the gentle wind does move Silently invisibly...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveClassic LoveHeartache & LossLivingRelationshipsTechniquesConsonanceDisappointment + 2 more
I Saw a ChapelBy William BlakeI saw a chapel all of gold That none did dare to enter in And many weeping stood without Weeping mourning...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentReligionLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsPetsTechniquesConsonanceImagery + 3 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
Meeting at NightBy Robert BrowningI The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little...LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsRelationshipsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationConsonanceImagery + 6 more
p1To a Greek MarbleBy Richard AldingtonPótuia, pótuia White grave goddess, Pity my sadness, O silence of Paros. I am not of these about thy...LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveUnrequited LoveNatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingRelationshipsArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureMythology & FolkloreTechniquesConsonanceImageryImagistRefrainTypes/ModesEpistleDisappointment + 12 more
p1Nightwatchman's SongBy W. D. SnodgrassI What’s unseen may not exist— Or so those secret powers insist That prowl past nightfall, Enabled by...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAlliterationAssonanceConfessionalConsonancePersonaTypes/ModesDramatic Monologue + 12 more