Classical Poems

Poems
Title Poet
1942
Abul Hussain poet by Abul Hussain
on 5/16/2012
1951
Alone at night
in the wet city
 Frank O'Hara poet by Frank O'Hara
on 1/13/2003
1954
Then dirt scared me, because of the dirt
he had put on her face. And her training bra
 Sharon Olds poet by Sharon Olds
on 1/13/2003
1959
Uncomprising year—I see no meaning to life.
Though this abled self is here nonetheless,
Gregory Corso poet by Gregory Corso
on 4/15/2010
1972
After the dance we cross the oval in pairs
to the steep bank behind the softball field.
 Kate Lilley poet by Kate Lilley
on 5/9/2012
1985
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth
the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in
 Brooks Haxton poet by Brooks Haxton
on 3/12/2012
1er janvier
Victor Hugo poet by Victor Hugo
on 11/7/2012
1er janvier
Enfant, on vous dira plus tard que le grand-père
Vous adorait; qu'il fit de son mieux sur la terre,
Victor Marie Hugo poet by Victor Marie Hugo
on 4/3/2010
1st Chorus Mexico City Blues
Butte Magic of Ignorance
Butte Magic
 Jack Kerouac poet by Jack Kerouac
on 3/29/2010
2
Christian Winther poet by Christian Winther
on 6/26/2012
-2
Everybody wants to go to bed
with everybody else, they're
 Richard Brautigan poet by Richard Brautigan
on 1/13/2003
2 Flies
The flies are angry bits of life;
why are they so angry?
 Charles Bukowski poet by Charles Bukowski
on 3/31/2010
2 Futilists
Even if the mountain I climbed
Proved to be merely a duncecap It
 Bill Knott poet by Bill Knott
on 1/3/2003
2 Pelicans
My friend was at the A & E, he wasn’t feeling good
I was at the barbecue, just like he said I should.
 Ali Eckermann poet by Ali Eckermann
on 5/2/2012
20 The Khan's Canticles
I'll dress it in white like the angels
That wait for my darling above.
Robert Kirkland Kernighan poet by Robert Kirkland Kernighan
on 5/12/2012
21
I love my love with a v
Because it is like that
 Gertrude Stein poet by Gertrude Stein
on 4/13/2012
21.2.24
Sophus Niels Christen Claussen poet by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen
on 7/9/2012
211th Chorus
The wheel of the quivering meat
conception
 Jack Kerouac poet by Jack Kerouac
on 3/29/2010
21st September 1870
Speak low, speak little; who may sing
While yonder cannon-thunders boom?
 Charles Kingsley poet by Charles Kingsley
on 4/15/2010
24 The Khan's Canticles
I heard a curse from a lower beast :
I heard his whip lash crack like shot :
Robert Kirkland Kernighan poet by Robert Kirkland Kernighan
on 5/12/2012
241st Chorus
And how sweet a story it is
When you hear Charley Parker
 Jack Kerouac poet by Jack Kerouac
on 3/29/2010
25 Minutes To Go
They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
I got 25 minutes to go.
Sheldon Allan Silverstein poet by Sheldon Allan Silverstein
on 4/6/2010
26-1-1939
When Barcelona fell, the darkened glass
turned in the world and immense ruinous gaze,
 Muriel Rukeyser poet by Muriel Rukeyser
on 12/15/2011
2nd Chorus Mexico City Blues
Man is not worried in the middle
Man in the Middle
 Jack Kerouac poet by Jack Kerouac
on 3/29/2010
3
Christian Winther poet by Christian Winther
on 6/26/2012
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