Down by the River
She bloomed when she rose awake to loving love. The men do not come to be awake. They come to drowse …
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Cast Out of Paradise
Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Adam …
Hating It Here
Easy to understand Hating it here. Those freakish winds Bringing a bright Crowded with leaves Filling it with Drive us …
Empty
Here’s an example of a “poem” in concrete style What do you think? Poetry, visual art or simply nonsense? …
Dance by the Light of the Moon
We grow smaller as the moon falls closer. My old Aunt Vicki is afraid to go out in the night. …
Trembling
I trembled along the muddy river’s edge not for fear of drowning but for coming up a fourth time to …
Family Portrait
Strange This hatred of factories. I have never been in one. Fifty years my father labored in a factory making …
The Colonel by Carolyn Forché : The Poetry Foundation
The Colonel by Carolyn Forché : The Poetry Foundation. WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. …
Drunk Tank Warrior
What words will you sing when you die? What song will chant you into the next world? The old drunk …
We Never Know by Yusef Komunyakaa : The Poetry Foundation
The work and man speak for themselves… We Never Know by Yusef Komunyakaa : The Poetry Foundation.
Poetry on the run 