The Book of Frank [“Frank knows a”]By CAConradFrank knows a butterfly who wonders about her old caterpillar friendsNatureAnimalsLivingThe MindArts & SciencesPhilosophy
The Book of Frank [“Frank is a”] By CAConradFrank is a young boy asleep in ancient Tibet what you thought was your life is really his dream he may...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophy
The More Loving OneBy W. H. AudenLooking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifferenc...LoveNatureStars, Planets, HeavensLivingTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophy
p1Poem with Human IntelligenceBy J. Estanislao LopezThis century is younger than me. It dresses itself in an overlong coat of Enlightenment thinking despite...Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophySciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 8 more
ScribeBy Norman FinkelsteinYou enter the city with harps and with flutes, with drums and with baskets of grapes and pomegranates...LivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPhilosophy
The Waste LandBy T. S. Eliot I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruellest monthApril is the cruellest month The Waste Land begins with...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeHistory & PoliticsReligionLivingRelationshipsArts & SciencesPhilosophyReading & BooksTypes/ModesEpic + 4 more
Introduction to (Soma)tic Poetry RitualsBy CAConradGrowing up in a rural factory town I watched my creative family extend the grind oft monotonous jobs...Social CommentariesClassTown & Country LifeArts & SciencesPhilosophyPoetry & Poets
The Wanderer (trans. by Roy Liuzza)By UnknownAlways the one alone longs for mercy, the Maker's mildness, though, troubled in mind, across the ocean...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPhilosophy
Wynnere and WastoureBy UnknownHere begynnes a tretys and god schorte refreytebytwixe Wynnere and Wastoure Sythen that Bretayne was...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesPhilosophyTechniquesAlliteration
In Strength SweetnessBy Elizabeth Willisin the wind / an inky air in the air / finchness in the ink / a stone in the winter / winter in the ...LivingLife ChoicesThe MindArts & SciencesPhilosophy
Whispers of ImmortalityBy T. S. EliotWebster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under...LivingDeathThe BodyArts & SciencesPhilosophyPoetry & PoetsReading & BooksGriefMelancholy & Despair + 2 more
The Black FingerBy Angelina Weld GrimkéI have just seen a most beautiful thing Slim and still Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress...NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesPhilosophy
Correction: Tonight Is Not the Longest Night in the History of the EarthBy Katie WillinghamLately, I've enlisted an app on my phone to keep track of the time that I can't witness—it maps the ...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences + 2 more
Staying PowerBy Katie WillinghamWe know the last stuffed specimen of the dodo burned in 1755, though Wikipedia's "Dodo: Talk" page shows...NatureAnimalsArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences
White FactoryBy Moon Bo YoungThe research center is a cube building with a neat chimney plunged into the right side. The researchers...NatureLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences
p1Solstice BlessingBy Monica OngNatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesThe MindArts & SciencesPhilosophyJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 4 more
Black Kief and the IntellectualBy Rosemary TonksI shall fill up that pit inside me With my gloomiest thoughts; and then Spread myself, prostrate, inert...LivingThe MindArts & SciencesPhilosophy
The Book of the Fourfold EventBy L. M. RiveraI. Why do we immortally begin with an apocalyptic outpouring— the way a diamond might be flung into ...Arts & SciencesPhilosophyMelancholy & Despair
p1from Paradiso: Canto 33 (lines 46-48, 52-66)By Dante AlighieriAs I drew nearer to the end of all desire, I brought my longing's ardor to a final height, Just as I...ReligionChristianityGod & the DivineArts & SciencesPhilosophyStanza FormsTerza RimaTypes/ModesEpicOptimism + 3 more
February 19thBy Ray DiPalma In an attempt to transcend my limitations I have thought to create an expressive neutrality. These ...Arts & SciencesPhilosophyPoetry & PoetsAnxiety & Insecurity