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The Female of the Species — Rudyard Kipling	When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends...	9,346 views Rate it
I'm Just Here So I Don't Get Fined — Ian Bair	I love the way words can mean something I mean when they're put together that is Well not even then... A sentence is a social construct A sentence is...	6,502 views Rate it
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me — Ayesha	When tomorrow starts without me, and I am not there to see... The sun should rise and find your eyes, all filled with tears for...	4,634 views Rate it
Casey at the Bat — Ernest Lawrence Thayer	The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at...	3,956 views Rate it
Terence, This is Stupid Stuff — Alfred Edward Housman	"Terence, this is stupid stuff! You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh,...	3,767 views Rate it
Song of the Prettybird — Shay Alexi Stewart	I've lived 20 prettybird years Of this great big prettybird life And i think i pretty pretty pretty bird bird pretty much know what im talking about ...	2,877 views Rate it
Requiem — Anna Akhmatova	Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected - I shared all this with my own people There, where misfortune had abandoned us. ...	2,788 views Rate it
The Thousandth Man — Rudyard Kipling	One man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the...	2,329 views Rate it
love, men — William Blake	I love men I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did...	2,223 views Rate it
The House with Nobody in It — Joyce Kilmer	Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I've passed it a hundred times,...	1,939 views Rate it
Farewell — Anne Brontë	Farewell to thee! but not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of thee: Within my heart they still shall dwell; And they shall cheer and...	1,903 views Rate it
Maud Muller — John Greenleaf Whittier	Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic...	1,768 views Rate it
Little Orphant Annie — James Whitcomb Riley	To all the little children: -- The happy ones; and sad ones; The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; The good ones -- Yes, the good...	1,667 views Rate it
The Idiot Boy — William Wordsworth	'Tis eight o'clock,--a clear March night, The moon is up,--the sky is blue, The owlet, in the moonlight air, Shouts from nobody knows where; He...	1,543 views Rate it
Carpe Diem — William Shakespeare	O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! your true-love's coming That can sing both high and low; Trip no further, pretty sweeting, ...	1,317 views Rate it
Circe — Augusta Davies Webster	The sun drops luridly into the west; darkness has raised her arms to draw him down before the time, not waiting as of wont till he has come to her...	1,299 views Rate it
The Rebirth of Goethe’s Nosegay — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A PARABLE (1828 Prequel) “I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately, And bore it homewards, musing greatly; When, heated by my hand, I found The heads all...	1,296 views Rate it
Free Verse — Robert Graves	I now delight In spite Of the might And the right Of classic tradition, In writing And reciting Straight ahead, Without let or omission, Just any...	1,254 views Rate it
The Explorer — Rudyard Kipling	"There's no sense in going further -- it's the edge of cultivation," So they said, and I believed it -- broke my land and sowed my crop -- Built my...	1,248 views Rate it
The Corsair — George Gordon Lord Byron	'O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our...	1,207 views Rate it
Porphyria's Lover — Robert Browning	The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened...	1,170 views Rate it
The Bull — Ralph Hodgson	See an old unhappy bull, Sick in soul and body both, Slouching in the undergrowth Of the forest beautiful, Banished from the herd he led, Bulls and...	1,145 views Rate it
America, A Prophecy — William Blake	The shadowy Daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc, When fourteen suns had faintly journey'd o'er his dark abode: His food she brought in...	1,134 views Rate it
The Cry Of The Children — Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers--- ...	1,130 views Rate it
Overheard — Ben Ridley	The worst progress comes in bursts - Ossifies: FormaldreHirst, Awakens like bitter curds an Appetite for fossiled ferns Forging’s easy - needs...	1,067 views Rate it