Bede’s Death SongBy BedeFore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sie to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae huaet...ReligionChristianityLivingDeathArts & SciencesPhilosophyFarewells & Good LuckFuneralsToasts & CelebrationsTypes/ModesEpigram + 4 more
To a Highland GirlBy William WordsworthSweet Highland Girl, a very shower Of beauty is thy earthly dower! Twice seven consenting years have...LoveInfatuation & CrushesNatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingSeparation & DivorceSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFarewells & Good LuckStanza FormsCouplet + 4 more
At the San Francisco AirportBy Yvor WintersThis is the terminal: the light Gives perfect vision, false and hard; The metal glitters, deep and bright...LivingParenthoodActivitiesTravels & JourneysFarewells & Good LuckStanza FormsRhymed Stanza
So We'll Go No More a RovingBy Lord Byron (George Gordon)So, we'll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingSeparation & DivorceSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & JourneysFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsBalladMetersCommon MeasureBoredomDisappointment + 10 more
If—By Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust...ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingComing of AgeFarewells & Good LuckGraduationStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesAnaphoraHumorOptimismArts & CultureBeing OneselfClassics + 8 more
Blind CurseBy Simon J. OrtizYou could drive blind for those two seconds and they would be forever. I think that as a diesel truck...NatureWeatherReligionFaith & DoubtActivitiesTravels & JourneysFarewells & Good Luck
How She Went to IrelandBy Thomas HardyDora’s gone to Ireland Through the sleet and snow; Promptly she has gone there In a ship, although Why...LivingDeathActivitiesTravels & JourneysFarewells & Good LuckStanza FormsRhymed StanzaBoredom
Saying Farewell at the Monastery after Hearing the Old Master Lecture on “Return to the Source”By Gary SnyderAt the last turn in the path “goodbye—” —bending, bowing, (moss and a bit of wild bird-) down. Daitoku...ReligionBuddhismActivitiesSchool & LearningFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsHaikuMetersFree VerseGratitude + 3 more
The Season of Phantasmal PeaceBy Derek WalcottThen all the nations of birds lifted together the huge net of the shadows of this earth in multitudinous...NatureFallLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeTown & Country LifeLivingTime & BrevityFarewells & Good LuckFuneralsFor All Ages + 4 more
“In Kyoto ...”By BashōIn Kyoto, hearing the cuckoo, I long for Kyoto.LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsHome LifeFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsHaikuBoredom + 3 more
Idea 61: Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and partBy Michael DraytonSince there’s no help, come let us kiss and part. Nay, I have done, you get no more of me; And I am ...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedLivingSeparation & DivorceRelationshipsFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsSonnetAnger + 5 more
Sonnets from the Portuguese 6: Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall standBy Elizabeth Barrett BrowningGo from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore Alone upon the threshold...LivingMarriage & CompanionshipSeparation & DivorceFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsSonnet
Sonnet 97: How like a winter hath my absence beenBy William ShakespeareHow like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings ...NatureSummerFallWinterLivingSeparation & DivorceFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsSonnet + 2 more
Goodbye to ToleranceBy Denise LevertovGenial poets, pink-faced earnest wits— you have given the world some choice morsels, gobbets of language...Social CommentariesFarewells & Good LuckMetersFree VerseAngerBlameDisappointment
when you have forgotten Sunday: the love storyBy Gwendolyn Brooks—And when you have forgotten the bright bedclothes on a Wednesday and a Saturday, And most especially...LivingSeparation & DivorceRelationshipsHome LifeFarewells & Good Luck
A FarewellBy Harriet MonroeGood-bye!—no, do not grieve that it is over, The perfect hour; That the winged joy, sweet honey-loving...Farewells & Good Luck
p1Mapping the GenomeBy Michael Symmons RobertsGeneticist as driver, down the gene codes in, let's say, a topless coupe and you keep expecting bends...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesSciencesFarewells & Good LuckMetersFree VerseTechniquesMetaphor + 4 more
RememberBy Christina RossettiRemember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by...LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedLivingSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFarewells & Good LuckFuneralsSeptember 11thVerse FormsSonnetMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
See It ThroughBy Edgar Albert GuestWhen you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders...LivingActivitiesFarewells & Good LuckVerse FormsBalladBlameOptimism
On QuittingBy Edgar Albert GuestHow much grit do you think you’ve got? Can you quit a thing that you like a lot? You may talk of pluck...ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesFarewells & Good LuckGet Well & RecoveryStanza FormsCoupletDisappointment + 5 more