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 : :”

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 : :”

The Moon and the Yew Tree : Sylvia Plath : : Moon Poems : :

The Moon and the Yew Tree : : By Sylvia Plath ( ) This is the light of the mind, cold and planetaryThe trees of the mind are black. The light is blue.The grasses unload their griefs on my feet as if I were GodPrickling my ankles and murmuring of their humilityFumy, spiritous mists inhabitContinue reading “The Moon and the Yew Tree : Sylvia Plath : : Moon Poems : :”

Moonrise : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Moon Poems : :

Moonrise : : Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 1844 –1889 ) : : : ; I awoke in the Midsummer not to call night, in the white and the walk of the morning:The moon, dwindled and thinned to the fringe of a finger-nail held to the candle,Or paring of paradisaïcal fruit, lovely in waning but lustreless,SteppedContinue reading “Moonrise : Gerard Manley Hopkins : : Moon Poems : :”

The Moon was but a chin of gold : Emily Dickinson : ( 1 ) : : Musical Video 1 : ( 2 ) : : Song Video 2 : ( 3 ) : : Moon Poems : :

* Poem 737 ; : “The Moon was but a chin of gold”: : Moon Poem By Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) The Moon was but a Chin of GoldA Night or two ago –And now she turns Her perfect FaceUpon the World below – Her Forehead is of Amplest Blonde –Her CheekContinue reading “The Moon was but a chin of gold : Emily Dickinson : ( 1 ) : : Musical Video 1 : ( 2 ) : : Song Video 2 : ( 3 ) : : Moon Poems : :”

To the Moon : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Moon Poems : :

To The Moon : : By Percy Bysshe Shelley ( 1792 – 1822 ) : : : : And, like a dying lady lean and pale,Who totters forth, wrapp’d in a gauzy veil,Out of her chamber, led by the insaneAnd feeble wanderings of her fading brain,The moon arose up in the murky east,A white andContinue reading “To the Moon : Percy Bysshe Shelley : : Moon Poems : :”

Darkness Poems : By Various Poets : :

# * : : Storm Fear by Robert Frost : When the wind works against us in the dark,And pelts the snowThe lower chamber window on the east,And whispers with a sort of stifled bark,The beast,‘Come out! Come out!’—It costs no inward struggle not to go,Ah, no!I count our strength,Two and a child,Those of usContinue reading “Darkness Poems : By Various Poets : :”

Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :

84. Moonset : By Carl Sandburg( 1878–1967 ) , Illinois : : Cornhuskers, 1918. : : : : LEAVES of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west. 1 Moon sand on the canal doubles the changing pictures. 2 The moon’s good-by ends pictures. 3 The west is empty. All else is empty. No moon-talk atContinue reading “Moonset : Carl Sandburg : : Darkness Poems : :”

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