August, 1914BY VERA MARY BRITTAINGod said, “Men have forgotten Me:The souls that sleep shall wake again, And blinded eyes must learn to see.” So since redemption comes through painHe smote the earth with chastening rod, And brought destruction’s lurid reign; But where His desolation trodThe people in their agony Despairing cried, “There is no God.”Source:Continue reading “August , 1914 : Vera Mary Brittain : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
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August Morning : Albert Garcia : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
August MorningBY ALBERT GARCIAIt’s ripe, the melonby our sink. Yellow,bee-bitten, soft, it perfumesthe house too sweetly.At five I wake, the airmournful in its quiet.My wife’s eyes swim calmlyunder their lids, her mouth and jawrelaxed, different.What is happening in the silenceof this house? Curtainshang heavily from their rods.Ficus leaves trembleat my footsteps. Yetthe colors outside areContinue reading “August Morning : Albert Garcia : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Dark August : Derek Walkott : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
Dark August : : by Derek Walcott : : : : So much rain, so much life like the swollen skyof this black August. My sister, the sun,broods in her yellow room and won’t come out. Everything goes to hell; the mountains fumelike a kettle, rivers overrun; still,she will not rise and turn off theContinue reading “Dark August : Derek Walkott : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Amor Mundi : Christina Rossetti : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
Amor MundiBY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI“Oh where are you going with your love-locks flowing On the west wind blowing along this valley track?”“The downhill path is easy, come with me an it please ye, We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.” So they two went together in glowing August weather, The honey-breathing heather lay toContinue reading “Amor Mundi : Christina Rossetti : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound : Anne Sexton : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island SoundBY ANNE SEXTON ( 1928 – 1974 ) : : : : I am surprised to seethat the ocean is still going on. Now I am going backand I have ripped my handfrom your hand as I said I would and I have made it thisContinue reading “Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound : Anne Sexton : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Flowers of August : William Carlos Williams : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
William Carlos Williams Flowers of AugustIDAISY THE DAYSEYE hugging the earthin August, ha! Spring is gone down in purple, weeds stand high in the corn, the rainbeaten furrow is clotted with sorrel and crabgrass, the branch is black under the heavy mass of the leaves— The sun is upon a slender green stem ribbed lengthwise.Continue reading “Flowers of August : William Carlos Williams : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Composed in August : Robert Burns : Love Song : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
Composed In August : : By Robert Burns : : : : Now westlin winds and slaught’ring guns Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather; The moorcock springs on whirring wings Amang the blooming heather: Now waving grain, wide o’er the plain, Delights the weary farmer; And the moon shines bright, as I rove by night, To museContinue reading “Composed in August : Robert Burns : Love Song : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
August : Dorothy Parker : : August Poems: : Months Poems: :
August :By Dorothy Parker ( 1893 – 1937 ): : : : When my eyes are weeds,And my lips are petals, spinningDown the wind that has beginningWhere the crumpled beeches startIn a fringe of salty reeds;When my arms are elder-bushes,And the rangy lilac pushesUpward, upward through my heart; Summer, do your worst!Light your tinsel moon,Continue reading “August : Dorothy Parker : : August Poems: : Months Poems: :”
August Moonrise : Sara Teasdale : : August Poems: Months Poems : :
August Moonrise : By Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) : : : : : : THE sun was gone, and the moon was comingOver the blue Connecticut hills;The west was rosy, the east was flushed,And over my head the swallows rushedThis way and that, with changeful wills.I heard them twitter and watched them dartNow together and nowContinue reading “August Moonrise : Sara Teasdale : : August Poems: Months Poems : :”
In August : Paul Laurence Dunbar : : August Poems: : Months Poems: :
In August ; : Paul Laurence Dunbar : : : :. When August days are hot an’ dry,When burning copper is the sky,I ‘d rather fish than feast or flyIn airy realms serene and high. I ‘d take a suit not made for looks,Some easily digested books,Some flies, some lines, some bait, some hooks,Then wouldContinue reading “In August : Paul Laurence Dunbar : : August Poems: : Months Poems: :”
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