Jayaraj Vyas

To The Skylark : William Wordsworth : ( 1 ) : : Skylark’s Singing & Chirping Video In Spring : Wildlife World : ( 2 ) : : Bird Poems : :

https://youtu.be/ssEZWMsQg_8?si=vUXMKJiPc-yt0bEN To the Skylark : : By William Wordsworth Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eyeBoth with thy nest upon the dewy ground?Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave to the nightingaleContinue reading “To The Skylark : William Wordsworth : ( 1 ) : : Skylark’s Singing & Chirping Video In Spring : Wildlife World : ( 2 ) : : Bird Poems : :”

Ode to a Nightingale : John Keats : : Bird Poems : :

Ode to a Nightingale : : By John Keats ( 1795 – 1821 ) 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 tooContinue reading “Ode to a Nightingale : John Keats : : Bird Poems : :”

To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :

To a SkylarkBY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYHail to thee, blithe Spirit!Bird thou never wert,That from Heaven, or near it,Pourest thy full heartIn profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higherFrom the earth thou springestLike a cloud of fire;The blue deep thou wingest,And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightningOf theContinue reading “To a Skylark : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Bird Poems : :”

The Phoenix and the Turtle : William Shakespeare : : Bird Poems : :

The Phoenix and the Turtle : : By William Shakespeare ( 1564 – 1616 ) Let the bird of loudest layOn the sole Arabian treeHerald sad and trumpet be,To whose sound chaste wings obey. But thou shrieking harbinger,Foul precurrer of the fiend,Augur of the fever’s end,To this troop come thou not near. From this sessionContinue reading “The Phoenix and the Turtle : William Shakespeare : : Bird Poems : :”

Moon Poems : Various Poets : Moon Poems : :

# * : : The New Moon” by Langston HughesThere’s a new, young moon riding the hills tonight;There’s a sprightly, young moon exploring the clouds;There’s a half-shy, young moon veiling her face like a virgin,Waiting for her lover. # ** : : Evening Star” by Edgar Allan Poe‘Twas noontide of summer,And mid-time of night;And stars,Continue reading “Moon Poems : Various Poets : Moon Poems : :”

Blue Moon : Mimi Khalvati : : Moon Poems : :

Blue Moon : : By Mimi Khalvati : : : : Sitting on a windowsill, swingingher heels against the wall as the gymslipscircled round and Elvis sang Blue Moon, she never thought one day to see her daughter,barelegged, sitting crosslegged on saddlebagsthat served as sofas, pulling on an ankle as she nodded sagely, smiling, notContinue reading “Blue Moon : Mimi Khalvati : : Moon Poems : :”

Moon With A Supermarket Trolley : Beverley Bie Brahic : : Moon Poems : :

Moon with a Supermarket Trolley : : By Beverley Bie Brahic, Saskatoon, Canada : : : : From my Juliet balconyOverlooking a creek whose bedHas been trash-filled for months,Moon, I see you preening like a supermodel – Nothing to do with me, or anyOf those other heavenly bodiesSo difficult to discernThrough the excess of humanContinue reading “Moon With A Supermarket Trolley : Beverley Bie Brahic : : Moon Poems : :”

I Watched the Moon Around the House : Emily Dickinson : : Moon Poems : :

I watched the Moon around the House : : By Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) Massachusetts629 I watched the Moon around the HouseUntil upon a Pane—She stopped—a Traveller’s privilege—for Rest—And there upon I gazed—as at a stranger—The Lady in the TownDoth think no incivilityTo lift her Glass—upon— But never Stranger justifiedThe CuriosityLike Mine—forContinue reading “I Watched the Moon Around the House : Emily Dickinson : : Moon Poems : :”

What Counsel Has The Hooded Moon : James Joyce : : Moon Poem : :

What Counsel Has the Hooded Moon : : By James Joyce ( 1882 – 1941 ) , Dublin Ireland : : What counsel has the hooded moonPut in thy heart, my shyly sweet,Of Love in ancient plenilune,Glory and stars beneath his feet — –A sage that is but kith and kinWith the comedian Capuchin? BelieveContinue reading “What Counsel Has The Hooded Moon : James Joyce : : Moon Poem : :”

Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known Poem : William Wordsworth : : Moon Poems : :

Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known : : By William Wordsworth, Cumberland England : Strange fits of passion have I known:And I will dare to tell,But in the lover’s ear alone,What once to me befell. When she I loved looked every dayFresh as a rose in June,I to her cottage bent my way,Beneath anContinue reading “Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known Poem : William Wordsworth : : Moon Poems : :”