by Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, li...
by Linda Gregg The girl I call Alma who is so white is good, isn't she? Even though she does not speak, you can tell by her distress that she is j...
by Aaron Fogel If you are a goat, do you believe What people tell you about Goats, and eat Tin cans? There's no goat that foolish. Or is there? Th...
by Alan Michael Parker When revelation comes, the God of Draperies Cannot decide the difference Between in and out. A patio is out though in a yard, h...
by Paul Mariani Late nights, with summer moths clinging to the screens & the shadows of the Old Great flickering across the tv screen, suddenly, t...
by Thomas Hardy Why did you give no hint that night That quickly after the morrow's dawn, And calmly, as if indifferent quite, You would close you...
by Vern Rutsala We sit in a room armored by light and surrounded by surfaces bright as mirrors. Everything shines and gives comfort, nothing is out of...
by Joshua Beckman The going. The letters. The staying. The life of the little boy. The staying and the life of the little boy. The letter. The mushroo...
by Martha Collins Wanted that red, wanted everything tucked inside that red, that body, it seemed, turned inside out, that walking flower, petals furl...
by Gelett Burgess The meanest trick I ever knew Was one I know you never do. I saw a Goop once try to do it, And there was nothing funny to it. He pul...