Poems

Samuel Palmer, The Skylark, 1850 . Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near...

Frederic Leighton, Flaming June, 1895 . I choose to love you in silence… For in silence I find no rejection,...

Sir William Russell Flint, Blustery Day, St. Malo, 1925 . And the weaver said, Speak to us of Clothes. And...

Allen Ginsberg, San Francisco, 1959 . The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the...

American Forestry Assn., Bird house contest, Washington, D.C., 1921 . In winter I get up at night And dress by...

Louise Glück . Long ago, I was wounded. I lived to revenge myself against my father, not for what he...

Frank O'Hara, 1926-1966 . I think you’re wonderful and so does everyone else. Just as Jackie Kennedy has a baby...

Georg Trakl, Self portrait, 1913 . From deep night I was released. My soul is astonished in immortality, My soul...

Robert Walser by Joseph Pole, 2016 . Because they didn't want me to be young, I became young. Because i...

Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Ascona, 1925 . You were clear and calm. Next to you, life was tender. When...