By Tonny Wandella Depression, you again depression! You sneak in like a thief, Stealing some of my joy and peace and hope, Leaving only grief. You wrap yourself around me, A heavy cloak of blue, Dragging me down to the depths, Where I cannot break through. Your darkness seeps in like a creeping vine, WrappingContinue reading “A Conversation With a Dark Foe”
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Monadnock in Early Spring
By Amy Lowell Cloud-topped and splendid, dominating all The little lesser hills which compass thee, Thou standest, bright with April’s buoyancy,Yet holding Winter in some shaded wallOf stern, steep rock; and startled by the call Of Spring, thy trees flush with expectancy And cast a cloud of crimson, silently,Above thy snowy crevices where fall PaleContinue reading “Monadnock in Early Spring“
O Captain! My Captain!
By Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! OContinue reading “O Captain! My Captain!“
Songs for the People
By Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the old and young;Songs to stir like a battle-cry Wherever they are sung. Not for the clashing of sabres, For carnage nor for strife;But songs to thrill the hearts of men With more abundant life. Let me make the songsContinue reading “Songs for the People“
The Slave Mother
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Heard you that shriek? It rose So wildly on the air, It seemed as if a burden’d heart Was breaking in despair. Saw you those hands so sadly clasped– The bowed and feeble head– The shuddering of that fragile form– That look of grief and dread? Saw you the sad, imploringContinue reading “The Slave Mother“
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
By Eugene Field Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe,—Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew.“Where are you going, and what do you wish?” The old moon asked the three.“We have come to fish for the herring-fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we,” SaidContinue reading “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod“
The Tyger
By William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare sieze the fire? And what shoulder, & what art,Could twist the sinews of thy heart?And whenContinue reading “The Tyger“
My Shadow
By Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniestContinue reading “My Shadow“
A Jelly-Fish
By Marianne Moore Visible, invisible,A fluctuating charm,An amber-colored amethystInhabits it; your armApproaches, andIt opens andIt closes;You have meantTo catch it,And it shrivels;You abandonYour intent—It opens, and itCloses and youReach for it—The blueSurrounding itGrows cloudy, andIt floats awayFrom you. Public Domain Poem from http://www.poets.org Check our conqueror.blog to help you conquer life!
EMPTY CATHEDRAL
By Tonny Wandella Haunting giggles of ancient saints locked up in sculptors,Or the blessed aura flecked with confessed sinsOf forgiven flocks, are all housed in an empty cathedral near town.Whose bell has a gong that makes the town hide away all its weekly mischief.I remember seeing breadcrumps being hoarded away byRelentless ants,Clearing a forlorn alterContinue reading “EMPTY CATHEDRAL“