by Reetika Vazirani New Delhi， 1967 1. We kept war in the kitchen. A set of ten bone china plates， now eight. As if a perfumed guest stole her riches ...
by David Lehman When she says margarita she means daiquiri. When she says quixotic she means mercurial. And when she says， "I'll never speak ...
by John BerrymanThere sat down， once， a thing on Henry's heartsó heavy， if he had a hundred years& more， & weeping， sleepless， in a...
by Lorine Niedecker Feign a great calm； all gay transport soon ends. Chant： who knows— flight's end or flight's beginning for the restin...
by John Berryman Filling her compact & delicious body with chicken páprika， she glanced at me twice. Fainting with interest， I hungered bac...
by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent， Ere half my days in this dark world and wide， And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged ...
by Walt Whitman When I heard the learn'd astronomer， When the proofs， the figures， were ranged in columns before me， When I was shown the charts a...
by Langston Hughes To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun， To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening Beneath...
by William Shakespeare When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes， I all alone beweep my outcast state， And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless...
by Mónica de la Torre I. Before Breakfast When the sun turns gray and I become tired of looking at your many-colored shoes I will give you ball...