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Disabled — Wilfred Owen	He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park Voices of boys...	445 views Rate it
The American Flag — Joseph Rodman Drake	I. WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She...	445 views Rate it
Christmas Everywhere — Phillips Brooks	Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight! Christmas in lands of the fir-tree and pine, Christmas in lands of the palm-tree and vine, Christmas where snow...	441 views Rate it
Christabel — Samuel Taylor Coleridge	PART...	439 views Rate it
Albert and the Lion — Marriott Edgar	There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool, That's noted for fresh air and fun, And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom Went there with young Albert, their...	437 views Rate it
OPEN THE BOX — mad hippie poet	Here I am in a square box; I am so scared I am looking for a way out. All I can do is walk about. Why can't someone come and save me? I no longer want to...	436 views Rate it
Money — William Henry Davies	When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door. Then felt I like a child...	435 views Rate it
Poem In October — Dylan Thomas	It was my thirtieth year to heaven Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood And the mussel pooled and the heron Priested shore ...	434 views Rate it
On Receipt Of My Mother's Picture — William Cowper	Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine--thy own sweet smiles I see, ...	434 views Rate it
Columbus Cheney — Edgar Lee Masters	This weeping willow! Why do you not plant a few For the millions of children not yet born, As well as for us? Are they not non-existent, or cells asleep...	434 views Rate it
The Yak — Hilaire Belloc	As a friend to the children commend me the Yak. You will find it exactly the thing: It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back, Or lead it about...	432 views Rate it
Acrostic — Lewis Carroll	Little maidens, when you look On this little story-book, Reading with attentive eye Its enticing history, Never think that hours of play Are your...	431 views Rate it
The Little Children — Francis Ledwidge	Hunger points a bony finger To the workhouse on the hill, But the little children linger While there's flowers to gather still For my sunny window...	431 views Rate it
The Future of Forestry — Clive Staples Lewis	How will the legend of the age of trees Feel, when the last tree falls in England? When the concrete spreads and the town conquers The country’s heart;...	430 views Rate it
Nature's Questioning — Thomas Hardy	WHEN I look forth at dawning, pool, Field, flock, and lonely tree, All seem to look at me Like chastened children sitting silent in a...	430 views Rate it
Song — Amy Lowell	Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run; Holding up A scent-brimmed cup, Full of summer's fragrance to...	430 views Rate it
And Unto Us A Grandchild Is Born — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Delicate fingers turn the pages of time. Endearing all in wonder to observe. Nimble fingers reaching out to touch the world. Inviting all in sweet...	429 views Rate it
I Sing The Body Electric — Walt Whitman	I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to...	428 views Rate it
Rest — Christina Georgina Rossetti	O EARTH, lie heavily upon her eyes; Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth; Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth With its harsh...	428 views Rate it
The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe — Gerard Manley Hopkins	Wild air, world-mothering air, Nestling me everywhere, That each eyelash or hair Girdles; goes home betwixt The fleeciest, frailest-flixed Snowflake;...	426 views Rate it
Hiawatha's Childhood — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Downward through the evening twilight, In the days that are forgotten, In the unremembered ages, From the full moon fell Nokomis, Fell the beautiful...	424 views Rate it
The Russian Bear in Arms With the Ukraine — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Putin and Hitler. Two European warlords. Birds of same feathers. Waging dangerous warfare. One checked, the other unchecked. Hitler and Putin. ...	423 views Rate it
Midnight in Sitka Park — Sonia Walker	The silence of the park seizes the hour of dusk, where majestic snow-capped mountains adjoin the skies of midnight blue; a halo of light encircles the...	422 views Rate it
A Servant To Servants — Robert Frost	I didn't make you know how glad I was To have you come and camp here on our land. I promised myself to get down some day And see the way you lived, but I...	422 views Rate it
An Anatomy Of The World... — John Donne	When that rich soul which to her heaven is gone, Whom all do celebrate, who know they have one (For who is sure he hath a soul, unless It...	422 views Rate it