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POEM OF THE DAY
A Fairy Song
Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the Fairy Queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green;
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours;
In those freckles live their savours;
I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
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Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the Fairy Queen,
To dew her orbs upon the green;
The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours;
In those freckles live their savours;
I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MODERN POEM
Dora Diller
'My stomach's full of butterflies!'
lamented Dora Diller.
Her mother sighed. 'That's no surprise,
you ate a caterpillar!'
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lamented Dora Diller.
Her mother sighed. 'That's no surprise,
you ate a caterpillar!'
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POEM OF THE DAY - MEMBER POEM
Sorrow Song
Sorrow Song
"Who knows if birds are not a collection of all our sorrows" Colette Marin-Catherine
Last night I cried in my dreams because of stories
pasted together from small moments of my day
pain too deep to admit, rejection, fear
In the darkness of 5 am, birds sing
How do they know when it is the right time to begin?
Their compositions signal that they exist
I hear their conversations but do not understand
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"Who knows if birds are not a collection of all our sorrows" Colette Marin-Catherine
Last night I cried in my dreams because of stories
pasted together from small moments of my day
pain too deep to admit, rejection, fear
In the darkness of 5 am, birds sing
How do they know when it is the right time to begin?
Their compositions signal that they exist
I hear their conversations but do not understand
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Writing a poem is not about bringing some words together to create some charming sentences. It's so much deeper than that. Writing poetry is a bridge that allows people to express their feelings and make others live every single word they read. Poetry is to educate people, to lead them away from hate to love, from violence to mercy and pity. Writing poetry is to help this community better understand life and live it more passionately. PoemHunter.com contains an enormous number of famous poems from all over the world, by both classical and modern poets. You can read as many as you want, and also submit your own poems to share your writings with all our poets, members, and visitors.
Top 500 Poems
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Maya Angelou
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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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Maya Angelou
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Langston Hughes
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Edgar Allan Poe
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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Pablo Neruda
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I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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Rudyard Kipling
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
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Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
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NEW POEMS
Fear And Truth
Something was rotten.
What do you want to prove? One day
you will see my sorrow in the sky.
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What do you want to prove? One day
you will see my sorrow in the sky.
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Roaring Lesbian
Teach me how to laugh
Teach me a new song
You just can't teach me how to love
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Teach me a new song
You just can't teach me how to love
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Haiku ~ Skillfully And Cleverly
a wasp does buzzing
and flower enjoys the song
nectar sucked slyly~
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and flower enjoys the song
nectar sucked slyly~
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But From Cuttack
I'm very sure
Ranya Mukherjee
Is not from Jakarta,
Not from Madurai
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Ranya Mukherjee
Is not from Jakarta,
Not from Madurai
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Nasty Politics
One thing
Baffles me why did
Ruta Mohapatra,
A good poetess
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Baffles me why did
Ruta Mohapatra,
A good poetess
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Understanding
To the baby it's mush
For an adult it's apple sauce
But to God - It's an apple
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For an adult it's apple sauce
But to God - It's an apple
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Shattered Houses
Do you see these chain-blocked houses?
Where a thousand dreamers die
The silhouettes of souls now broke
Within these rotten bricks reside
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Where a thousand dreamers die
The silhouettes of souls now broke
Within these rotten bricks reside
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Ayosa Buson's Haiku In Hindi/Urdu Translation
Ah, grief and sadness
the fishing line trembles
in the autumn breeze
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the fishing line trembles
in the autumn breeze
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Issa In Hindi/Urdu Translation
After Issa's wife and three children died, he wrote this for his daughter:
In a dream
my daughter lifts a melon
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In a dream
my daughter lifts a melon
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On This Holy Land
No entry to Shamshan!
Dead body- at the deposal
Of Muslim volunteers!
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Dead body- at the deposal
Of Muslim volunteers!
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Aking Mahal Na Ina
Ikaw ang nagdala sa akin ng siyam na buwan
Ikaw ang nagbuwis ng buhay upang ako ay maisilang
Araw gabi walang humpay
Ikaw ang umagapay
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Ikaw ang nagbuwis ng buhay upang ako ay maisilang
Araw gabi walang humpay
Ikaw ang umagapay
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Kobyashi Issa In Hindi/Urdu Translation
Kobayashi Issa, whose mother died when he was 3. Issa wrote this first haiku when he was 6 years old:
Come play with me
you little sparrow
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Come play with me
you little sparrow
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Top 500 Member Poems
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Howard Simon
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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yoonoos peerbocus
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Muzahidul Reza
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No earthquake, no thunder, no volcanic eruption
Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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Muzahidul Reza
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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Chinedu Dike
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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yoonoos peerbocus
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I came as tomorrow
Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Dr. Antony Theodore
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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Ernestine Northover
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Sweet moment, stay with me,
and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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Top 500 Classical Poems
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Jacques Prevert
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Richard Lovelace
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TO AMARANTHA; THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE.
I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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Evie Shockley
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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Barbara Guest
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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Richard Lovelace
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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Robert William Service
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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Emily Jane Brontë
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Banjo Paterson
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Long ago the Gladiators,
When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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