Flower

Subtraction Flower
You could die for it--
love,
or refuse it altogether
and know nothing
except the... more

Poet: Lisa Zaran

by: Lisa Zaran | category: Love Poetry | rating:

The Old Guitar
Neglected now is the old guitar
And moldering into decay;
Fretted with many a rift and... more

Poet: James Whitcomb Riley

by: James Whitcomb Riley | category: Music Poetry | rating:

Dark August
So much rain, so much life like the swollen sky
of this black August. My sister, the... more

Poet: Derek Walcott

by: Derek Walcott | category: Love Poetry | rating:

Roses And Rue
Could we dig up this long-buried treasure,
Were it worth the pleasure,
We never could... more

Poet: Oscar Wilde

by: Oscar Wilde | category: Wish Poetry | rating:

Her Voice
The wild bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,
Now in a... more

Poet: Oscar Wilde

by: Oscar Wilde | category: Love Poetry | rating:

Chanson
A ring of gold and a milk-white dove
Are goodly gifts for thee,
And a hempen rope for... more

Poet: Oscar Wilde

by: Oscar Wilde | category: Sad Poetry | rating:

Impression De Voyage
The sea was sapphire coloured, and the sky
Burned like a heated opal through the air;
We... more

Poet: Oscar Wilde

by: Oscar Wilde | category: Nature Poetry | rating:

In The Gold Room - A Harmony
Her ivory hands on the ivory keys
Strayed in a fitful fantasy,
Like the silver gleam... more

Poet: Oscar Wilde

by: Oscar Wilde | category: Romantic Poetry | rating:

Burning Drift-Wood
Before my drift-wood fire I sit,
And see, with every waif I burn,
Old dreams and... more

Poet: John Greenleaf Whittier

by: John Greenleaf Whittier | category: Nature Poetry | rating:

Flowers in Winter
How strange to greet, this frosty morn,
In graceful counterfeit of flower,
These... more

Poet: John Greenleaf Whittier

by: John Greenleaf Whittier | category: Nature Poetry | rating: