http://www.poems.net.au/ Poems en Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT info@poems.net.au info@poems.net.au http://www.poems.net.au/userimages/user628_1153829184.gif http://www.poems.net.au/ http://www.poems.net.au/why-we-lie/ They open their mouth and the words spill out This time they will whisper, that time they will shout But all share a common, insidious feature That indeed is a... http://www.poems.net.au/why-we-lie/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/why-we-lie/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/between-by-raymond-a-foss/ Between by Raymond A. Foss Between melancholy and disquiet a brooding cloud of the restless soul pacing the floor, wondering the next steps, on a road less traveled by when... http://www.poems.net.au/between-by-raymond-a-foss/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/between-by-raymond-a-foss/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:21:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/modern-declaration-by-edna-st-vincent-millay/ Modern Declaration by Edna St. Vincent Millay I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having wavered In these affections; never through shyness in the... http://www.poems.net.au/modern-declaration-by-edna-st-vincent-millay/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/modern-declaration-by-edna-st-vincent-millay/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:25:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/the-impossible-thing-by-jean-de-la-fontaine/ The Impossible Thing by Jean de La Fontaine A DEMON, blacker in his skin than heart, So great a charm was prompted to impart; To one in love, that he... http://www.poems.net.au/the-impossible-thing-by-jean-de-la-fontaine/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/the-impossible-thing-by-jean-de-la-fontaine/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:59:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/the-funeral-by-john-donne/ The Funeral by John Donne Whoever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign, you... http://www.poems.net.au/the-funeral-by-john-donne/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/the-funeral-by-john-donne/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:22:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/couplets-of-wit-by-alexander-pope/2/ Couplets on Wit by Alexander Pope I But our Great Turks in wit must reign alone And ill can bear a Brother on the Throne. II Wit is like faith... http://www.poems.net.au/couplets-of-wit-by-alexander-pope/2/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/couplets-of-wit-by-alexander-pope/2/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:40:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/freedom-xiv-by-khalil-gibran/ Freedom XIV (Translated) by Khalil Gibran And an orator said, "Speak to us of Freedom." And he answered: At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you... http://www.poems.net.au/freedom-xiv-by-khalil-gibran/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/freedom-xiv-by-khalil-gibran/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:29:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/what-is-life-by-john-clare/ What Is Life? by John Clare And what is Life? An hour-glass on the run, A mist retreating from the morning sun, A busy, bustling, still-repeated dream. Its length? A... http://www.poems.net.au/what-is-life-by-john-clare/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/what-is-life-by-john-clare/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:23:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/glass-by-robert-francis/ Glass by Robert Francis Words of a poem should be glass But glass so simple-subtle its shape Is nothing but the shape of what it holds. A glass spun for... http://www.poems.net.au/glass-by-robert-francis/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/glass-by-robert-francis/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:32:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/call-to-account-by-vladimir-mayakovsky/ Call To Account! by Vladimir Mayakovsky The drum of war thunders and thunders. It calls: thrust iron into the living. From every country slave after slave are thrown onto bayonet... http://www.poems.net.au/call-to-account-by-vladimir-mayakovsky/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/call-to-account-by-vladimir-mayakovsky/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:05:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/how-to-get-on-in-society-by-john-betjeman/ How To Get On In Society by John Betjeman Phone for the fish knives, Norman As cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes And I must... http://www.poems.net.au/how-to-get-on-in-society-by-john-betjeman/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/how-to-get-on-in-society-by-john-betjeman/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:17:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/ready-to-kill-by-carl-sandburg/ Ready to Kill by Carl Sandburg TEN minutes now I have been looking at this. I have gone by here before and wondered about it. This is a bronze memorial... http://www.poems.net.au/ready-to-kill-by-carl-sandburg/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/ready-to-kill-by-carl-sandburg/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:03:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/the-whipping-by-robert-hayden/ The Whipping by Robert Hayden The old woman across the way is whipping the boy again and shouting to the neighborhood her goodness and his wrongs. Wildly he crashes through... http://www.poems.net.au/the-whipping-by-robert-hayden/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/the-whipping-by-robert-hayden/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:36:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/a-dream-within-a-dream-by-edgar-allan-poe/ A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong... http://www.poems.net.au/a-dream-within-a-dream-by-edgar-allan-poe/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/a-dream-within-a-dream-by-edgar-allan-poe/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:03:00 GMT http://www.poems.net.au/kubla-khan-by-samuel-coleridge/ Kubla Khan by Samuel Coleridge (1772 - 1834) In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to... http://www.poems.net.au/kubla-khan-by-samuel-coleridge/#comments http://www.poems.net.au/kubla-khan-by-samuel-coleridge/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:12:00 GMT