Courage : : : : Robert William Service : : : : Today I opened wide my eyes, 1And stared with wonder and surprise, 2To see beneath November skies 3 An apple blossom peer; 4Upon a branch as bleak as night 5It gleamed exultant on my sight, 6A fairy beacon burning bright 7Of hope andContinue reading “Courage : Robert William Service : December Poems : : Months Poems : ;”
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Who Runs America ? : Allen Ginsberg : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
Allen Ginsberg Who Runs America? : : By Allen Ginsberg : : ::Oil brown smog over Denver Oil red dung colored smoke level to level across the horizon blue tainted sky above Oil car smog gasoline hazing red Denver’s day December bare trees sticking up from housetop streets Plane lands rumbling, planes rise over radarContinue reading “Who Runs America ? : Allen Ginsberg : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Oranges : Gary Soto : December Poems : ; Months Poems : :
Oranges : : By GARY SOTO first time I walkedWith a girl, I was twelve,Cold, and weighted downWith two oranges in my jacket. 4 December. 5 Frost crackingBeneath my steps, my breathBefore me, then gone,As I walked towardHer house, the one whosePorch light burned yellowNight and day, in any weather. 12 A dog barked atContinue reading “Oranges : Gary Soto : December Poems : ; Months Poems : :”
One Last Poem For Richard : Sandra Cisneros : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
One Last Poem For Richard : : By Sandra CisnerosDecember 24th and we’re through again. This time for good I know because I didn’tthrow you out — and anyway we waved. No shoes. No angry doors. We folded clothes and wentour separate ways. You left behind that flannel shirtof yours I liked but remembered toContinue reading “One Last Poem For Richard : Sandra Cisneros : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Love And Friendship : Emily Bronze : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
Love and Friendshipby Emily Brontë Love is like the wild rose-briar,Friendship like the holly-tree —The holly is dark when the rose-briar bloomsBut which will bloom most contantly?The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,Its summer blossoms scent the air;Yet wait till winter comes againAnd who will call the wild-briar fair?Then scorn the silly rose-wreath nowAndContinue reading “Love And Friendship : Emily Bronze : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Ode To Tomatoes : Pablo Neruda : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
Ode To Tomatoes : : By Pablo Neruda : : : ; : : : The streetfilled with tomatoes,midday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets. In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue saltcellars. It shedsits own light,benign majesty. Unfortunately, we mustmurder it:the knifesinksinto living flesh,redvisceraa coolsun,profound,inexhaustible,populates the saladsof Chile,happily, it is wedto theContinue reading “Ode To Tomatoes : Pablo Neruda : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
December Snow : William Belcher Glazier : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
December Snowby William Belcher Glazier : : : : Fall thickly on the rose-bush,O faintly falling snow!For she is gone who trained its branch,And wooed its bud to blow.Cover the well-known path-way,O damp December snow,Her step no longer lingers there,When stars begin to glow.Melt in the rapid river,O cold and cheerless snow!She sees no moreContinue reading “December Snow : William Belcher Glazier : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
December Daisies And December Days : By H. T. Mackenzie Bell : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
December Daisies And December Days : : : : By H. T. Mackenzie Bell : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Ah, how the sight of fair untimely flowers Awakes a subtle sentiment, and fills The soul with quiet pleasure. Something thrillsContinue reading “December Daisies And December Days : By H. T. Mackenzie Bell : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
December : Ina Donna Coolbrith : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
December : : By Ina Donna Coolbrith Nauvoo, Illinois. California. U S : 1841 – 1928::Now the Summer all is over!We have wandered through the clover,We have plucked in wood and leaBlue-bell and anemone. We were children of the Sun,Very brown to look upon;We were stained, hands and lips,With the berries’ juicy tips. And IContinue reading “December : Ina Donna Coolbrith : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
December : Christopher Pearce Cranch : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :
December By Christopher Pearce Cranch ( 1813 – 1892 ) No more the scarlet maples flash and burn Their beacon-fires from hilltop and from plain;The meadow-grasses and the woodland fern In the bleak woods lie withered once again. The trees stand bare, and bare each stony scar Upon the cliffs; half frozen glide the rills;TheContinue reading “December : Christopher Pearce Cranch : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”
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