by Walt McDonald When I take my dachshund jogging， boys and widows gawk and stop tossing balls or lopping limbs off shrubs. They call and point at lon...
by Edgar Bowers Before he wrote a poem， he learned the measure That living in the future gives a farm—— Propinquity of mules and cows， the...
by Jónas Hallgrímsson Translated by Dick Ringler The star of love over Steeple Rock is cloaked in clouds of night. It laughed， once， in ...
by Richard Wilbur Your voice， with clear location of June days， Called me outside the window. You were there， Light yet composed， as in the just soft ...
by Cole Porter VERSE As Dorothy Parker Once said to her boy friend， "Fare thee well，" As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced， &qu...
by Timothy Dekin Back from a 12-hour pass， My student lays her Camel on the desk. The thin smoke rises in a rope that flutters A little to her breathi...
by D.H. Lawrence You know what it is to be born alone， Baby tortoise！ The first day to heave your feet little by little from the shell， Not yet awake，...
by Mark Rudman I've chosen to take the stairs. It's harder， but quicker than waiting for the elevator which seems eternally stuck on R-Roof. A...
by Betsy Sholl You think you can handle these things： sunlight glinting off a red Jaguar honking at the old woman who has snagged her shopping cart on...
by Franois Villon Translated by Galway Kinnell I die of thirst beside the fountain I'm hot as fire， I'm shaking tooth on tooth In my own count...