* AugustLizette Woodworth Reese No wind, no bird. The river flames like brass.On either side, smitten as with a spellOf silence, brood the fields. In the deep grass,Edging the dusty roads, lie as they fellHandfuls of shriveled leaves from tree and bush.But ’long the orchard fence and at the gate,Thrusting their saffron torches through theContinue reading “August Poems : Various Poets : : Months Poems : :”
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The Shepheardes Calendar August : Edmund Spenser : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599). The Complete Poetical Works. 1908. The Shepheardes CalenderAugustÆGLOGA OCTAVAARGUMENTIN this Æglogue is set forth a delectable controversie, made in imitation of that in Theocritus: whereto also Virgile fashioned his third and seventh Æglogue. They choose for umpere of their strife, Cuddie, a neatheards boye, who, having ended their cause, reciteth also himselfeContinue reading “The Shepheardes Calendar August : Edmund Spenser : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
The Scholar-Gipsy : Matthew Arnold : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
The Scholar-GipsyBY MATTHEW ARNOLDGo, for they call you, shepherd, from the hill;Go, shepherd, and untie the wattled cotes!No longer leave thy wistful flock unfed,Nor let thy bawling fellows rack their throats,Nor the cropp’d herbage shoot another head.But when the fields are still,And the tired men and dogs all gone to rest,And only the white sheepContinue reading “The Scholar-Gipsy : Matthew Arnold : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”
August , 1914 : Vera Mary Brittain : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :
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 : :”
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 : :”
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