Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Many writers have written poetry about their pets, and who can blame them? Animals are a constant source of inspiration, entertainment, and adoration, especially when they so conveniently live in our houses. Among the many poems that could have been chosen, the poems here are renowned for their famous authors […]
A World of Silent Beauty My world became silent after a surgery went awry, Deafness was my imperfection It was three years before we learned of the inept doctor’s lies At least deafness was better than ear infections So, I learned to observe, to read lips, and to speak […]
Why use poetic form? Poets who use a traditional form follow the footsteps of the greatest writers of all time, and by adapting traditional forms, they can even make history. Poetic forms aren’t just for master poets, however. Everyone runs into poetry, whether in English class, in casual reading, or […]
Disclaimer: This poem was inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s poem of the same title with a heavier Christian emphasis. If If you can keep your heart when you are broken And know that you are the most fractured tool If you can bear to hear the words you’ve spoken Twisted […]
Wind Something whistles through my bones It makes them ache, it makes them sing Something whistles through my heart Something turns to life the stones Something wakens life in spring It blows from fall and lives though dead Something I lost has just come back Something gives me hope […]