Where I’m From By George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon‑tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush, the Dutch elm whose…
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The Dalliance of The Eagles
The Dalliance of the Eagles Author Unknown SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest) Skyward in air, a sudden muffled sound: the dalliance of the eagles. The rushing, amorous contact high in space together, The clinching, interlocking claws,…
A Lake and a Fairy Boat
A Lake and a Fairy Boat By Thomas Hood A Lake and a Fairy Boat To sail in the moonlight clear, And merrily we would float From the dragons that watch us here! Thy gown should be snow-white silk And…
Tall Ambrosia
Tall Ambrosia By Henry David Thoreau Among the signs of autumn I perceive The Roman wormwood (called by learned men Ambrosia elatior, food for gods, For to impartial science the humblest weed Is as immortal as the proudest flower) Sprinkles…
Metaphors
Metaphors Author: Anonymous I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising. Money’s new‑minted in this fat purse. I’m…
The White Man’s Burden
The White Man’s Burden By Rudyard Kipling Take up the white man’s burden, Send forth the best ye breed; Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild;…
Moth Symbolism
Symbolism of Moth in Literature Moths are one of the most interesting insects. They are attracted to light and thus are represented in a positive light in art as well as literature. Moths are also closely related to butterflies. While…
If
If By Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If…
If You Forget Me
If You Forget Me By Pablo Neruda I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch…
I Too Sing America
I Too Sing America By Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at…
maggie and milly and molly and may
maggie and milly and molly and may By E. E. Cummings maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her…
Renascence
Renascence By Edna St. Vincent Millay All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced…
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
As Kingfishers Catch Fire By Gerard Manley Hopkins As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As we tumble over the rim of a round well Stones ring like the bells of the world, and the bright fire of their souls;…
The Author to Her Book
The Author to Her Book By Anne Bradstreet Thou ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth didst by my side remain, Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true, Who thee abroad, expos’d to publick view,…
The Hill We Climb
The Hill We Climb By Amanda Gorman When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast, We’ve learned…
Don’t Despise Me
Don’t Despise Me By Akka Mahadevi Don’t Despise Me as She who has no one I’m not one to be afraid, Whatever you do. I exist chewing dry leaves. My life resting on a knife edge If you must torment…
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers By Adrienne Rich Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the trees; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s finger fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory…
James 1:2
Verse My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations – James 1:2 Meaning of James 1:2 The meaning of the verse, “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations” is that one…
1 John 4:18
Verse There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love– 1 John 4:18 Meaning of 1 John 4:18 The meaning of the verse, “There…
Joshua 1:9
Verse Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest – Joshua 1:9 Meaning of Joshua 1:9 The meaning…