Top 500 Poems

Poems

 

# Title Poet
51. Trees
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
Joyce Kilmer poet by Joyce Kilmer
on 1/1/2000
52. A Red, Red Rose
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
Robert Burns poet by Robert Burns
on 1/1/2000
53. Death Be Not Proud
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,
 John Donne poet by John Donne
on 1/1/2000
54. Dulce et Decorum Est
1 Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
2 Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
 Wilfred Owen poet by Wilfred Owen
on 1/1/2000
55. I Loved You
I loved you, and I probably still do,
And for a while the feeling may remain...
 Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin poet by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
on 1/1/2000
56. Carpe Diem
O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming
William Shakespeare poet by William Shakespeare
on 1/1/2000
57. We Wear the Mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,--
 Paul Laurence Dunbar poet by Paul Laurence Dunbar
on 1/1/2000
58. A Clear Midnight
THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
 Walt Whitman poet by Walt Whitman
on 1/1/2000
59. A Psalm of Life
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
on 1/1/2000
60. An Almost Made Up Poem
I see you drinking at a fountain with tiny
blue hands, no, your hands are not tiny
 Charles Bukowski poet by Charles Bukowski
on 1/1/2000
61. A Hint At What Is Beautiful?
Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
yoonoos peerbocus poet by yoonoos peerbocus
on 1/1/2000
62. And Death Shall Have No Dominion
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead man naked they shall be one
 Dylan Thomas poet by Dylan Thomas
on 1/1/2000
63. ~I Choose the Mountain~
The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
 howard simon poet by howard simon
on 1/1/2000
64. Hot and Cold
A woman who my mother knows
Came in and took off all her clothes.
 Roald Dahl poet by Roald Dahl
on 1/1/2000
65. First Day at School
A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
 Roger McGough poet by Roger McGough
on 1/1/2000
66. Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
 Jack Prelutsky poet by Jack Prelutsky
on 1/1/2000
67. A Silly Poem
Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
 Spike Milligan poet by Spike Milligan
on 1/1/2000
68. Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens
Last night I dreamed of chickens,
there were chickens everywhere,
 Jack Prelutsky poet by Jack Prelutsky
on 1/1/2000
69. I Cry
Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Tupac Shakur poet by Tupac Shakur
on 1/1/2000
70. Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox poet by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
on 1/1/2000
71. Auguries of Innocence
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
 William Blake poet by William Blake
on 1/1/2000
72. Forgetfulness
The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
 Billy Collins poet by Billy Collins
on 1/1/2000
73. I Am
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows,
My friends forsake me like a memory lost;
 John Clare poet by John Clare
on 1/1/2000
74. A Character
I marvel how Nature could ever find space
For so many strange contrasts in one human face:
William Wordsworth poet by William Wordsworth
on 1/1/2000
75. The Listeners
"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
 Walter de la Mare poet by Walter de la Mare
on 1/1/2000
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