On Mistress Nicely, a Pattern for Housekeepers by Thomas Hood
On Mistress Nicely, a Pattern for Housekeepers by Thomas Hood She was a woman peerless in her station, With household virtues wedded to her name; Spotless in linen, grass-bleached in her fame; And pure and clear-starched in her conversation; Thence in my Castle of Imagination She dwells for evermore, the dainty dame, To keep all […]
November by Thomas Hood
November by Thomas Hood No sun; no moon! No morn; no noon; No dawn; no dusk; no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member; No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds!; November! ————— The End And […]
No! by Thomas Hood
No! by Thomas Hood No sun–no moon! No morn–no noon! No dawn–no dusk–no proper time of day– No sky–no earthly view– No distance looking blue– No road–no street–no “t’other side this way”– No end to any Row– No indications where the Crescents go– No top to any steeple– No recognitions of familiar people– No courtesies […]
I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood
I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood I Remember, I Remember I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my […]
Gold! by Thomas Hood
Gold! by Thomas Hood Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold Molten, graven, hammered and rolled, Heavy to get and light to hold, Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled, Spurned by young, but hung by old To the verge of a church yard mold; Price of many a crime […]
Flowers by Thomas Hood
Flowers by Thomas Hood I will not have the mad Clytie, Whose head is turned by the sun; The tulip is a courtly queen, Whom, therefore, I will shun; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun; – But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of everyone. The pea is […]
Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas Hood
Faithless Sally Brown by Thomas Hood Young Ben he was a nice young man, A carpenter by trade; And he fell in love with Sally Brown, That was a lady’s maid. But as they fetch’d a walk one day, They met a press-gang crew; And Sally she did faint away, Whilst Ben he was brought […]
Faithless Nelly Gray by Thomas Hood
Faithless Nelly Gray by Thomas Hood A Pathetic Ballad Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war’s alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, ‘Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg, And the […]
Death by Thomas Hood
Death by Thomas Hood It is not death, that sometime in a sigh This eloquent breath shall take its speechless flight; That sometime these bright stars, that now reply In sunlight to the sun, shall set in night; That this warm conscious flesh shall perish quite, And all life’s ruddy springs forget to flow; That […]
Christmas Holidays by Thomas Hood
Christmas Holidays by Thomas Hood Along the Woodford road there comes a noise Of wheels, and Mr. Rounding’s neat post-chaise Struggles along, drawn by a pair of bays, With Reverend Mr. Crow and six small boys, Who ever and anon declare their joys With trumping horns and juvenile huzzas, At going home to spend their […]
Autumn by Thomas Hood
Autumn by Thomas Hood I Saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To silence, for no lonely bird would sing Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn, Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn;— Shaking his languid locks all dewy bright With tangled gossamer that fell by night, Pearling his coronet […]
Allegory by Thomas Hood
Allegory by Thomas Hood I had a gig-horse, and I called him Pleasure Because on Sundays for a little jaunt He was so fast and showy, quite a treasure; Although he sometimes kicked and shied aslant. I had a chaise, and christened it Enjoyment, With yellow body and the wheels of red, Because it was […]
A Lake And A Fairy Boat by Thomas Hood
A Lake And A Fairy Boat by Thomas Hood A lake and a fairy boat To sail in the moonlight clear, – And merrily we would float From the dragons that watch us here! Thy gown should be snow-white silk And strings of oriental pearls, Like gossamers dipped in milk, Should twine with thy raven […]
The Dead Woman by Pablo Neruda, La Muerta
[lwptoc] The Dead Woman (translated by Curtis Bauer) If suddenly you do not exist, if suddenly you are not living, I shall go on living. I do not dare, I do not dare to write it, if you die. I shall go on living. Because where a man has no voice, there, my voice Where […]
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 […]
a-tempest-in-a-teacup.html
!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 /> […]
Eveleen’s Bower by Thomas Moore
Oh! weep for the hour, When to Eveleen’s bower, The Lord of the Valley with false vows came; The moon hid her light, From the heavens that night, And wept behind her clouds o’er the maiden’s shame. The clouds pass’d soon From the chaste cold moon, And heaven smiled again with her vestal flame; But […]