Here are two zebra poems. They’ll make you think of striped sonnets and monochromatic muses. Enjoy! Zebra Stripes, a poem by matt at shadow of iris Zebra stripes move and shift, my feet carry me in long lifts yet they give me short shrift; dash as quick I may I never catch my prey; simple […]
Magic Poems
Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins’ gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I’ve had to make myself.
— Shel Silverstein
History Poems
Poetry is older than history. Poetry is the ancient form with which myths were told and life was infused with meaning. History is not just data, because there is endless and infinite data. Poetry is the thread that leads through the data to yields us history. Poetry is science in its rawest possible cast— bare […]
Poems About Imagination
The gleam of an heroic act,
Such strange illumination—
The Possible’s slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination!
— Emily Dickinson
Fairy Poems
The fairy poet takes a sheet
Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet,
His pen a point of light.
— Joyce Kilmer
True Love Poems
Here are two true loves poems. One tends toward the real, the other toward fantasy. May you find your own true love! Searching for True Love, a poem by Dustin Down You turned away in fear and the connection was severed before it ever could be made. Don’t you see, it’s alway there, yet we […]
Faith Poems
And is the great cause lost beyond recall?
Have all the hopes of ages come to naught?
Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
Is life but death, and love its funeral pall?
rabbit poems
Ideas are like rabbits.
You get a couple and learn how to handle them,
and pretty soon you have a dozen.
— John Steinbeck
Sun Symbol Black
Sun symbols are very fascinating. Black sun symbols are associated with Nazis and swastikas – but this story is just something that came to me in a dream. The origin of the ancient sun symbol is pre-Christian and was the magical sign of the sun god. The Sun symbolizes the life-giving force of the sun, […]
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, an analysis
“Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wild Nights—Wild Nights: Analysis of the Poem
Here is the best Wild Nights—Wild Nights analysis you will find anywhere. First, we will do a line by line analysis of Wild Nights—Wild Nights, then we will offer three different interpretations. Please enjoy our analysis of this famous Emily Dickinson poem! Wild Nights—Wild Nights analysis, which version? Any Wild Nights—Wild Nights analysis would be […]
Sadie and Maud, a poem analysis
Are you looking for an analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks poem, Sadie and Maud? That’s great. We have an exceptional analysis that you won’t find anywhere else! Sadie and Maud analysis: Background Gwendolyn Brook’s poem Sadie and Maud first appeared in her book A Street in Bronzeville, published in 1945. Bronzeville is a neighborhood in Chicago. […]
The Garden of Love by William Blake, an analysis
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The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake, an analysis
Have you been yearning for an exciting analysis of The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake? You are at last in luck. We think you’ll find our analysis to be the most enjoyable analysis you’ll find anywhere else. The Clod and the Pebble analysis: Background The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake is […]