Classical Poems

Poems
Title Poet
[Greek]
Be in me as the eternal moods
of the bleak wind, and not
Ezra Pound poet by Ezra Pound
on 4/1/2010
[He is pruning the privet]
He is pruning the privet
of sickly sorrow desolation
 Joanne Kyger poet by Joanne Kyger
on 1/10/2012
[I Saw His Round Mouth's Crimson]
[I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell],
Like a Sun, in his last deep hour;
 Wilfred Owen poet by Wilfred Owen
on 1/1/2004
[Long Neglect Has Worn Away]
Long neglect has worn away
Half the sweet enchanting smile;
 Emily Jane Brontë poet by Emily Jane Brontë
on 12/19/2011
[Month of) July
The Kings come riding back from the Crusade,
The purple Kings and all their mounted men;
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] April
The stranger warmth of the young sun obeying,
Look! little beads of green begin to grow,
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] August
The soldier month, the bulwark of the year,
That never more shall hear such victories told;
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] December
Hoar Time about the house betakes him slow,
Seeking an entry for his weariness.
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] February
The winter moon has such a quiet car
That all the winter nights are dumb with rest.
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] January
It freezes- all across a soundless sky
The birds go home. The governing dark's begun:
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] June
Rise up, and do begin the day's adorning;
The Summer dark is but the dawn of day.
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] March
The north-cast wind has come from Norroway,
Roaring he came above the white waves' tips!
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] May
This is the laughing-eyed amongst them all:
My lady's month. A season of young things.
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] November
November is that historied Emperor,
Conquered in age, but foot to foot with fate,
Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 4/3/2010
[Month of] October
Look, how those steep woods on the mountain's face
Burn, burn against the sunset; now the cold
 Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 12/31/2002
[Month of] September
I, from a window where the Meuse is wide,
Looked eastward out to the September night;
 Hilaire Belloc poet by Hilaire Belloc
on 1/3/2003
[Murmurs from the earth of this land]
Murmurs from the earth of this land, from the caves and craters,
from the bowl of darkness. Down watercourses of our
 Muriel Rukeyser poet by Muriel Rukeyser
on 12/15/2011
[To Margot Heinemann]
Heart of the heartless world,
Dear heart, the thought of you
 Rupert John Cornford poet by Rupert John Cornford
on 5/10/2011
`For'ard'

It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,
Henry Lawson poet by Henry Lawson
on 12/31/2002
`Oh, if that Rainbow up there!'
Oh, if that rainbow up there,
Spanning the sky past the hill,
Ethel Turner poet by Ethel Turner
on 1/4/2003
`Resurgam'
(Autumn Song)
   Chill breezes moaning are
Mary Colborne-Veel poet by Mary Colborne-Veel
on 1/4/2003
`Through Pleasant Paths'
Through pleasant paths, through dainty ways,
   Love leads my feet;
James Lionel Michael poet by James Lionel Michael
on 1/4/2003
`What Look hath She?'
What look hath she,
   What majestie,
Mary Colborne-Veel poet by Mary Colborne-Veel
on 1/4/2003
~Araluen~
River, myrtle rimmed, and set
Deep amongst unfooted dells—
Henry Kendall poet by Henry Kendall
on 1/1/2004
¡A Nada!
Gregorio Gutiérrez González poet by Gregorio Gutiérrez González
on 9/17/2012
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