August Moon : :By Emma Lazarus : : : : Look! the round-cheeked moon floats high,In the glowing August sky,Quenching all her neighbor stars,Save the steady flame of Mars.White as silver shines the sea,Far-off sails like phantoms be,Gliding o’er that lake of light,Vanishing in nether night.Heavy hangs the tasseled corn,Sighing for the cordial morn;But theContinue reading “August Moon : Emma Lazarus : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
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An August Midnight : Thomas Hardy : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
An August Midnight : : By Thomas Hardy : : : : I A shaded lamp and a waving blind,And the beat of a clock from a distant floor:2On this scene enter–winged, horned, and spined –A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore; 4While ‘mid my page there idly standsA sleepy fly, that rubs its handsContinue reading “An August Midnight : Thomas Hardy : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
August : Algernon Charles Swinburne : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
AugustAlgernon Charles Swinburne – 1837-1909 There were four apples on the bough,Half gold half red, that one might knowThe blood was ripe inside the core;The colour of the leaves was moreLike stems of yellow corn that growThrough all the gold June meadow’s floor. The warm smell of the fruit was goodTo feed on, and theContinue reading “August : Algernon Charles Swinburne : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
The Shepherd’s Calendar : August : John Clare : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
The Shepherd’s Calendar : August : : : : : : : : : : By John Clare : ( 1793 – 1864 ) : : : : : : Harvest approaches with its bustling dayThe wheat tans brown and barley bleaches greyIn yellow garb the oat land intervenesAnd tawney glooms the valley thronged withContinue reading “The Shepherd’s Calendar : August : John Clare : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
11 July Poems : : Various Poets : : Months Poems : :
*From My Diary, July 1914 : : Wilfred Owen LeavesMurmuring by miriads in the shimmering trees.LivesWakening with wonder in the Pyrenees.BirdsCheerily chirping in the early day.BardsSinging of summer, scything thro’ the hay.BeesShaking the heavy dews from bloom and frond.BoysBursting the surface of the ebony pond.FlashesOf swimmers carving thro’ the sparkling cold.FleshesGleaming with wetness to theContinue reading “11 July Poems : : Various Poets : : Months Poems : :”
A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky : Lewis Carroll : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
A Boat Beneath a Sunny SkyBY LEWIS CARROLLA boat beneath a sunny sky, 1Lingering onward dreamily 2In an evening of July — 3 Children three that nestle near, 4Eager eye and willing ear, 5Pleased a simple tale to hear — 6 Long has paled that sunny sky: 7Echoes fade and memories die: 8Autumn frosts haveContinue reading “A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky : Lewis Carroll : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
July in Washington : Robert Lowell : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
July in WashingtonBY ROBERT LOWELLThe stiff spokes of this wheel touch the sore spots of the earth. On the Potomac, swan-white power launches keep breasting the sulphurous wave. Otters slide and dive and slick back their hair,raccoons clean their meat in the creek. On the circles, green statues ride like South Americanliberators above the breedingContinue reading “July in Washington : Robert Lowell : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Fourth of July at Santa Ynez : John Haine : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
Fourth of July at Santa YnezBY JOHN HAINES IUnder the makeshift arbor of leavesa hot wind blowing smoke and laughter.Music out of the renegade west,too harsh and loud, many dark facesmoved among the sweating whites. IIWandering apart from the others,I found an old Indian seated aloneon a bench in the flickering shade. He was holdingContinue reading “Fourth of July at Santa Ynez : John Haine : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
simply, In Memoriam, July 19, 1914 : Anna Akhmatva : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
In Memoriam, July 19, 1914BY ANNA AKHMATOVATRANSLATED BY STEPHEN EDGARWe aged a hundred years and this descendedIn just one hour, as at a stroke.The summer had been brief and now was ended;The body of the ploughed plains lay in smoke. The hushed road burst in colors then, a soaringLament rose, ringing silver like a bell.AndContinue reading “simply, In Memoriam, July 19, 1914 : Anna Akhmatva : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
To Mrs. Will H Low : Robert Louis Stevenson : : July Poems: : Months Poems : :
Robert Louis Stevenson To Mrs. Will. H. Low.From UnderwoodsEven in the bluest noonday of July,There could not run the smallest breath of windBut all the quarter sounded like a wood;And in the chequered silence and aboveThe hum of city cabs that sought the Bois,Suburban ashes shivered into song.A patter and a chatter and a chirpAndContinue reading “To Mrs. Will H Low : Robert Louis Stevenson : : July Poems: : Months Poems : :”
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