Whitman: "I sing the body electric" (part 2-2) Whitman: "I sing the body electric" (part 1-2) 100 Famous Poems ever written. 100 Best Poems. We Wear the Mask. 30 great poems everyone should know. The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Dreams by Langston Hughes. Dreams by Langston Hughes Live Scores Click here to see the rest of the list Share this page : Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967 / Missouri) #7 on top 500 poets Poems by Langston Hughes : 22 / 93 Listen to this poem: # 5 on top 500 Poems User Rating: ( 1,430 votes ) Report Poem What do you think this poem is about?
For Example: love, art, fashion, friendship and etc. Dreams Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. Langston Hughes Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. A Sad Child by Margaret Atwood. You're sad because you're sad.It's psychic.
It's the age. It's chemical.Go see a shrink or take a pill,or hug your sadness like an eyeless dollyou need to sleep. Well, all children are sadbut some get over it.Count your blessings. This Is Just To Say. 17 Short Beautiful Love Poems. *** Views today: 18,704 and Thank You!
*** Enjoy some beautiful short poems about our favorite subject: Love - from classic poets of the past as well as today. Many are perfect for use in a greeting card. The most precious possession that ever comes To a man in this world Is a woman's heart. . - Josiah G. And think not you can Direct the course of love, For love, If it finds you worthy, Directs your course Love is a wonderful thing. Love asks me no questions, And gives me endless support. Gina Ryder: What Poem Changed Your Life? I recently asked followers of HuffPost Books on Twitter and Facebook what poem changed their life.
The question was inspired after my life was changed by a poet. The poet who changed my life is Miss Quote, a Jamaican-born poet who got her start on the spoken word scene in Florida. She was the featured performer at the The Inspired Word, an open mic series held in a Lower East Side bar in New York. By her second poem, I knew we were going to be friends. What stood out to me was her self expression. I remember almost not going to the event and arriving late.
Dorothy Parker Quotes (Author of The Portable Dorothy Parker) William Butler Yeats - When You Are Old - Colin Farrell. "If" by Rudyard Kipling (poetry reading) If by Rudyard Kipling. 3. Man He Killed. Thomas Hardy. Modern British Poetry. "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Short Poems. How to Read a Poem. There’s really only one reason that poetry has gotten a reputation for being so darned “difficult”: it demands your full attention and won’t settle for less.
Unlike a novel, where you can drift in and out and still follow the plot, poems are generally shorter and more intense, with less of a conventional story to follow. If you don’t make room for the experience, you probably won’t have one. But the rewards can be high. To make an analogy with rock and roll, it’s the difference between a two and a half minute pop song with a hook that you get sick of after the third listen, and a slow-building tour de force that sounds fresh and different every time you hear it.
Once you’ve gotten a taste of the really rich stuff, you just want to listen to it over and over again and figure out: how’d they do that? Aside from its demands on your attention, there’s nothing too tricky about reading a poem. Follow Your Ears. The Day is Done Poem Text. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start;