Poetry
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely – Roald Dahl ❤
Ars Poetica By Archibald Macleish
A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit, Dumb As old medallions to the thumb, Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown— A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds. * A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs, Leaving, … Continue reading Ars Poetica By Archibald Macleish
Daddy By Sylvia Plath
You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to kill you. You died before I had time—— Marble-heavy, a bag full of God, Ghastly statue with one … Continue reading Daddy By Sylvia Plath
Ode to a Nightingale By John Keats
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees … Continue reading Ode to a Nightingale By John Keats
The Broken Heart By John Donne
He is stark mad, whoever says, That he hath been in love an hour, Yet not that love so soon decays, But that it can ten in less space devour ; Who will believe me, if I swear That I have had the plague a year? Who would not laugh at me, if I should … Continue reading The Broken Heart By John Donne
Yours & Mine By Alice Fulton
Through your lens the sequoia swallowed me like a dryad. The camera flashed & forgot. I, on the other hand, must practice my absentmindedness, memory being awkward as a touch that goes unloved. Lately your eyes have shut down to a shade more durable than skin’s. I know you love distance, how it smooths. You … Continue reading Yours & Mine By Alice Fulton
Fast Car By Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we’ll make something Me, myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us … Continue reading Fast Car By Tracy Chapman
