by Joseph Brodsky My dear Telemachus， The Trojan War is over now； I don't recall who won it. The Greeks， no doubt， for only they would leave so ma...
by Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things—— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow； For rose-moles all in stipple u...
by Steve Scafidi Before she is turned away for the last time in the moment before the new world begins harrowing her like a field and the sun and moon...
by Russell Edson It‘s a scientific fact that anyone entering the distance will grow smaller. Eventually becoming so small he might only be found...
by Charles Simic Extraordinary efforts are being made To hide things from us， my friend. Some stay up into the wee hours To search their souls. Others...
by Norman Dubie Here， on the farthest point of the peninsula The winter storm Off the Atlantic shook the schoolhouse. Mrs. Whitimore， dying Of tubercu...
by Donna Brook During my Joe McCarthy childhood I was warned to "Never repeat what you hear in this house，" but I didn't know which part...
by Elizabeth Powell Republic， your cool hands On my schoolgirl shoulders. Not sure what allegiances meant Until the vows were held by heart，By memory，...
by Michael Benedikt The last time they did any harm to anyone was probably thousands of years ago；therefore we catch them and cut them up into coats， ...
by Langston Hughes When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de Whole damn wor...