Top 500 Poems

Poems

 

# Title Poet
226. Knoxville Tennessee
I always like summer
Best
 Nikki Giovanni poet by Nikki Giovanni
on 1/1/2000
227. Ithaca
When you set out for Ithaka
ask that your way be long,
 Constantine P. Cavafy poet by Constantine P. Cavafy
on 1/1/2000
228. Rain
Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain
On this bleak hut, and solitude, and me
Edward Thomas poet by Edward Thomas
on 1/1/2000
229. Dis poetry
Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops
De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots
Benjamin Zephaniah poet by Benjamin Zephaniah
on 1/1/2000
230. My Dream: A Vision of Peace
Where the mountains touch the sky,
Where poets DREAM, where eagles fly,
ToddMichael St. Pierre poet by ToddMichael St. Pierre
on 1/1/2000
231. Prayer Before Birth
I am not yet born; O hear me.
Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the
 Louis Macneice poet by Louis Macneice
on 1/1/2000
232. America
Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,
 Claude McKay poet by Claude McKay
on 1/1/2000
233. The Panther
His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
 Rainer Maria Rilke poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
on 1/1/2000
234. Dream Land
Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
 Christina Georgina Rossetti poet by Christina Georgina Rossetti
on 1/1/2000
235. Give All To Love
Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;
 Ralph Waldo Emerson poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
on 1/1/2000
236. Instants
If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
 Jorge Luis Borges poet by Jorge Luis Borges
on 1/1/2000
237. Love Love Love
Oh it's so easy to say -
'Give what you think you lack -
 Michael Shepherd poet by Michael Shepherd
on 1/1/2000
238. To an Athlete Dying Young
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Alfred Edward Housman poet by Alfred Edward Housman
on 1/1/2000
239. Talking Turkeys!
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun
Benjamin Zephaniah poet by Benjamin Zephaniah
on 1/1/2000
240. Here Dead We Lie
Here dead we lie
Because we did not choose
Alfred Edward Housman poet by Alfred Edward Housman
on 1/1/2000
241. Indeed, Indeed I Cannot Tell
Indeed indeed, I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Henry David Thoreau poet by Henry David Thoreau
on 1/1/2000
242. Is It Possible
Is it possible
That so high debate,
 Sir Thomas Wyatt poet by Sir Thomas Wyatt
on 1/1/2000
243. Get Drunk
Always be drunk.
That's it!
 Charles Baudelaire poet by Charles Baudelaire
on 1/1/2000
244. Mirror
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
 Sylvia Plath poet by Sylvia Plath
on 1/1/2000
245. Albert and the Lion
There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool,
That's noted for fresh air and fun,
 Marriott Edgar poet by Marriott Edgar
on 1/1/2000
246. Adlestrop
Yes, I remember Adlestrop --
The name, because one afternoon
Edward Thomas poet by Edward Thomas
on 1/1/2000
247. funny... but not
it's funny how hello is always accompanied with goodbye
it's funny how good memories can start to make you cry
 arianna loshnowsky poet by arianna loshnowsky
on 1/1/2000
248. Wind
This house has been far out at sea all night,
The woods crashing through darkness, the booming hills,
 Ted Hughes poet by Ted Hughes
on 1/1/2000
249. Fate
Deep in the man sits fast his fate
To mould his fortunes, mean or great:
Ralph Waldo Emerson poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
on 1/1/2000
250. A Child's Garden
R. L. Stevenson
Now there is nothing wrong with me
 Rudyard Kipling poet by Rudyard Kipling
on 1/1/2000
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