Top 500 Poems
| # | Title | Poet |
| 1. |
Phenomenal Woman
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size |
by Maya Angelou on 1/1/2000 |
| 2. |
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both |
by Robert Frost on 1/1/2000 |
| 3. |
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies, |
by Maya Angelou on 1/1/2000 |
| 4. |
If You Forget Me
I want you to know
one thing. |
by Pablo Neruda on 1/1/2000 |
| 5. |
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die |
by Langston Hughes on 1/1/2000 |
| 6. |
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea, |
by Edgar Allan Poe on 1/1/2000 |
| 7. |
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; |
by Rudyard Kipling on 1/1/2000 |
| 8. |
A Dream Within A Dream
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now, |
by Edgar Allan Poe on 1/1/2000 |
| 9. |
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though; |
by Robert Frost on 1/1/2000 |
| 10. |
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind |
by Maya Angelou on 1/1/2000 |
| 11. |
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole, |
by William Ernest Henley on 1/1/2000 |
| 12. |
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice. |
by Robert Frost on 1/1/2000 |
| 13. |
I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you, |
by Pablo Neruda on 1/1/2000 |
| 14. |
Television
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned, |
by Roald Dahl on 1/1/2000 |
| 15. |
As I Grew Older
It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream. |
by Langston Hughes on 1/1/2000 |
| 16. |
Alone
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen |
by Edgar Allan Poe on 1/1/2000 |
| 17. |
Don't Go Far Off
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long |
by Pablo Neruda on 1/1/2000 |
| 18. |
I wandered lonely as a cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, |
by William Wordsworth on 1/1/2000 |
| 19. |
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day; |
by Dylan Thomas on 1/1/2000 |
| 20. |
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep. |
by Mary Elizabeth Frye on 1/1/2000 |
| 21. |
The Highwayman
PART ONE
I |
by Alfred Noyes on 1/1/2000 |
| 22. |
Warning
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. |
by Jenny Joseph on 1/1/2000 |
| 23. |
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
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"Hope" is the thing with feathers— |
by Emily Dickinson on 1/1/2000 |
| 24. |
A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end. |
by William Blake on 1/1/2000 |
| 25. |
All That is Gold Does Not Glitter
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost; |
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien on 1/1/2000 |