Failing and Flying – Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert
(1925 – )
Failing and Flying
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
It's the same when love comes to an end,
or the marriage fails and people...
The Gift – Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee
(1957 – )
The Gift
To pull the metal splinter from my palm
my father recited a story in a low voice.
I watched his lovely face...
Poetry – Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
(1904-1973)
Poetry
And it was at that age ... Poetry arrived
in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where
it came from, from winter...
Sonnet #155 – William Shakespeare
It’s nice have the same birthday, April 23rd, as The Bard. In his honor, here is my annual April Shakespeare selection. May we always...
From Prometheus Unbound – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Being a former English professor now working for a bank, I began a year and a half ago satiating my literary appetite (and love for...
Kindergarten Lessons – Stewart Todd
Stewart Todd
Kindergarten Lessons
It was so important to keep
my box of crayons arranged
exactly like hers,
that I'd only drawn two circles
on my paper at the
end of...
A Psalm of Life – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1807 – 1882
A Psalm of Life
What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist
Tell me not, in <
>mournful numbers,
Life is...
