In January by Ted Kooser
In January by Ted Kooser Only one cell in the frozen hive of night is lit, or so it seems to us: this Vietnamese café, with its oily light, its odors whose colorful shapes are like flowers. Laughter and talking, the tick of chopsticks. Beyond the glass, the wintry city creaks like an ancient wooden […]
I Want It Now by Roald Dahl
Gooses, geeses I want my geese to lay gold eggs for easter At least a hundred a day And by the way I want a feast I want a bean feast Cream buns and doughnuts And fruitcake with no nuts So good you could go nuts No, now I want a ball I want a […]
Exodus by Taha Muhammad Ali
The street is empty as a monk’s memory, and faces explode in the flames like acorns— and the dead crowd the horizon and doorways. No vein can bleed more than it already has, no scream will rise higher than it’s already risen. We will not leave! Everyone outside is waiting for the trucks and the […]
Considering The Snail by Thom Gunn
Considering The Snail by Thom Gunn The snail pushes through a green night, for the grass is heavy with water and meets over the bright path he makes, where rain has darkened the earth’s dark. He moves in a wood of desire, pale antlers barely stirring as he hunts. I cannot tell what power is […]
Broken Love by Talha Jafri
Caressing her soft skin, The passion in the air was exciting, His heart beating faster than a drum solo Whispers into her ears, I love you. The worst things in life come at no cost for us She looked back at the day when their eyes met An average day with an above average human […]
Black Market Love by Taisha Destin
Black Market Love by Taisha Destin Let me break it down like this He was a lean, clean charming machine Ladies you know what I mean From the way he talked to the style of his walk He stood tall as if he ruled the campus, I mean world I was nothing more than the […]
Attention please! Attention please! by Roald Dahl
‘Attention please! Attention please! Don’t dare to talk! Don’t dare to sneeze! Don’t doze or daydream! Stay awake! Your health, your very life’s at stake! Ho–ho, you say, they can’t mean me. Ha–ha, we answer, wait and see. Did any of you ever meet A child called Goldie Pinklesweet? Who on her seventh birthday went […]
An Act of Faith by Talha Jafri
This has all the implications tied to me that I ran away from for so long I can’t seem to fathom why I put myself in this position Going through a mess of insecurities just so that I put myself in the spotlight Now that’s been missing from me for so long, I’ve seem to […]
After Years by Ted Kooser
After Years by Ted Kooser Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face of a glacier slid into the sea. An ancient oak fell in the Cumberlands, holding only a handful of leaves, and an old woman scattering corn to her chickens looked up for an instant. […]
Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower by Taha Muhammad Ali
In his life he neither wrote nor read. In his life he didn’t cut down a single tree, didn’t slit the throat of a single calf. In his life he did not speak of the New York Times behind its back, didn’t raise his voice to a soul except in his saying: “Come in, please, […]
A Ghost in the Shell by Talha Jafri
I resemble a familiar feeling A ghost in the shell waiting for the walls to come crashing down But like a waterfall, the beauty that falls ends up being the most destructive And when I fell for you, it ended up being my self destruction I defined myself to be by your side Changing to […]
10 Things I Do Every Day by Ted Berrigan
10 Things I Do Every Day by Ted Berrigan wake up smoke potsee the cat love my wife think of Frank eat lunch make noisessing songs go out dig the streets go home for dinner read the Post make pee-pee two kids grin read bookssee my friendsget pissed-offhave a Pepsi disappear ————— The End And […]
woken_up_by_beautiful_dreams.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Woken up by Beautiful Dreams by Azam Siddiqui/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>woken up early by beautiful dreamsbr /> I have some place to gobr /> I wake up on my ownbr /> When someone’s waiting for me I knowbr /> you laugh at how i can be so surebr […]
was_then.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>was then by A.C. Zenner/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>was then/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A.C. Zenner/h2> div id=”content”> p>it was…br /> as yet…br /> not eaten…br /> that meal…/p> p>which tore…br /> and drew…br /> the breath…br /> of life…/p> p>from her…br /> and all…br /> she strove…br /> to […]
vestiges.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Vestiges by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Vestiges/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>I would like to swim in the Atlantic,br /> to swim with someone who understoodbr […]
un-chien-andalou-an-andalusian-dog.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>Because a razor cuts across […]
the_poet_angels_who_came_to_dinner.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Poet-Angels Who Came to Dinner by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Poet-Angels Who Came to Dinner/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>1.br /> Neither had been invited but both were welcomed.br /> They spoke through wordless intuition, cool nods ofbr /> “Peace-Be-Still,” and, “As-Goes-Love-So-Goes-Life.”/p> p>Their […]
the_nomad039s_vision_ode_to_a_skylark_dressed_in_black.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Nomad’s Vision: Ode to a Skylark Dressed in Black by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Nomad’s Vision: Ode to a Skylark Dressed in Black/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I see your wings are madebr /> of many kingdoms,br /> nations, and storiesbr /> oh […]
the_man_that_poetry_made.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Man That Poetry Made by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Man That Poetry Made/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>The man that poetry made stands luminousbr /> on the broken corners of history’s suicidal cravings,br /> he watches splashing in the streetbr /> birds cleaning […]
the-flash-reverses-time.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Flash Reverses Time by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Flash Reverses Time/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>When I’m running across the citybr /> on the […]
que-sera-sera.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Que Sera Sera by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Que Sera Sera/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>In my car, driving through Black Mountain,br /> North Carolina, I […]
power-of-thought.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>power of thought by Abdullah Albaiti/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Do’nt know why is it so hard to vent my angerbr /> as I’m only a modern gent far from dangerbr /> my dreams, yeah its fulfilledbr /> but my life feels like I’m bulliedbr /> my friends,my family,my wife […]
phantasm.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>phantasm by A.C.Zenner/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>largo……./p> p>Limbs twisting decadent, slowbr /> smooth rolling water skin caressbr /> gilded phantoms, dreams long leftbr /> ever does nothing churn more my soul/p> p>andante crescendo……./p> p>warm silk enshrining whispered blushbr /> fermenting spirits ascendant pleasbr /> rapturous drowning in wanton seasbr […]
once_was_a_singer_for_god_remembering_nekia.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Once Was a Singer for God (Remembering Nekia) by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Once Was a Singer for God (Remembering Nekia)/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>1.br /> Once you were a singer for God–br /> yes, you, who within your mother’s wombbr /> dodged the […]
old-boy.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Old Boy by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Old Boy/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>If one rainy night you find yourselfbr /> leaving a phone booth, and […]
lost_love_is_never_lost.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Lost love is Never Lost by Azam Siddiqui/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>You had a beautiful voicebr /> when you spake through the eyesbr /> a caged bird yearning to touch the skiesbr /> and my condition was the samebr /> yet my eyelids were the curtains of shamebr /> […]
long_i_waited_in_vain.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Long I waited in vain by A.C.Zenner/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Wistful was I then, my heartbr /> longing in simple pulsing charmsbr /> for Venus, pure soul in fleshbr /> carried by the willow breezebr /> to my side, to blanket mebr /> sun warm cotton caresses,br /> assurances […]
holiday_letter_for_a_poet_gone_to_war.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>If in the midst of mannequin bombsbr /> disemboweling pregnant insanity,br /> a poem of love should seduce your lips,br […]
gratitudes_of_a_dozen_roses.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I.br /> This rose of spiritual gratitude placed at the feetbr /> of a Rasta Warrior Woman showers the earthbr /> with sweetfire and hosannas and […]
every_hour_henceforth.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Every Hour Henceforth by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Every Hour Henceforth/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I know blackness as taught by my father:br /> “You are my joy and my genius,” he often said.br /> I know blackness as taught by my mother:br /> “Your […]
einstein-defining-special-relativity.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Einstein Defining Special Relativity by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Einstein Defining Special Relativity/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>INSERT SHOT: Einstein’s notebook 1905—DAY 1: a theory that […]
cell-mate.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Cell Mate by Abiathar Zadok/title> div id=”mobile-menu”> span>Menu+/span> ul id=”toggle-view-menu”> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net”>Home/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://100.best-poems.net/”>100 Poetry Monster/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poets_directory”>Poets Directory/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://love.best-poems.net/”>Best Love Poems/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poetry/index.html”>Free Poetry/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/famous_quotes/index.html”>Quotes/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/publish_your_poems.html”>Publish your Poems/a>/h3>/li> /ul> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>You sit smiling on your swivel […]
calling-the-spirits.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Calling the Spirits by Abiathar Zadok/title> div id=”mobile-menu”> span>Menu+/span> ul id=”toggle-view-menu”> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net”>Home/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://100.best-poems.net/”>100 Poetry Monster/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poets_directory”>Poets Directory/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://love.best-poems.net/”>Best Love Poems/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poetry/index.html”>Free Poetry/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/famous_quotes/index.html”>Quotes/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/publish_your_poems.html”>Publish your Poems/a>/h3>/li> /ul> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I summon you, spiritsbr /> […]
angel_of_christmas_love_shining_bright.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Angel of Christmas Love Shining Bright by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Angel of Christmas Love Shining Bright/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I.br /> Sweet, this elixirbr /> of eternity’s passionbr /> commanding my glide./p> p>Soft, this explosionbr /> from alpha to omegabr /> sizzling our […]
angel_of_better_days_to_come.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Angel of Better Days to Come by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Angel of Better Days to Come/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Rockets of blind faithbr /> sputter and crackle dead dreams––br /> like time bleeding stars./p> p>Through soft painted moansbr /> a man watches his […]
All Night in Savannah the Wind Wrote Poetry by Aberjhani
Anxious and ancient scratches tore the air with fingers eager to have their say, pulling me out of bed, they cast and re-cast nets of lexicons deep inside the womb of the river’s roaring belly, hauling up myths born in Georgia and legends sung in Carolina, the wind howled visions that burned the night. Wind […]
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!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>A Tempest in a Teacup by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>A Tempest in a Teacup/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>em>Prospero/em>/p> p>Assume, just for a moment,br /> […]
Why the Young Men Are So Ugly by Tony Hoagland
They have little tractors in their blood and all day the tractors climb up and down inside their arms and legs, their collarbones and heads. That is why they yell and scream and slam the barbells down into their clanking slots, making the metal ring like sledgehammers on iron, like dungeon prisoners rattling their chains. […]
V by Tony Harrison
V by Tony Harrison ‘My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.’ Arthur Scargill Sunday Times, 10 January 1982 Next millennium you’ll have to search quite hard to find my slab behind the family dead, butcher, publican, and baker, now me, bard adding poetry […]
Turns by Tony Harrison
Turns by Tony Harrison I thought it made me look more ‘working class’ (as if a bit of chequered cloth could bridge that gap!) I did a turn in it before the glass. My mother said: It suits you, your dad’s cap. (She preferred me to wear suits and part my hair: You’re every bit […]