Phedre (To Sarah Bernhardt) | A poem by Oscar Wilde, 1881
Sarah Bernhardt photographed by Nadar, 1865 How vain and dull this common world must seemTo such a One as thou,...
Poems
Write it on Your Heart | A poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
Atanasio Soldati, La strada, 1932 Write it on your heartthat every day is the best day in the year.He is...
I Know The Place | A poem by Harold Pinter, 1977
Amy Katherine, Browning Interior I know the place.It is true.Everything we doCorrects the spaceBetween death and meAnd you. Harold Pinter,...
Psyche | A poem by Gérard D’Houville, 1875-1963
Le Pho, Girl with a Green Scarf, 1982 Noiselessly through the silent mansion treading,She bears a lamp and guards its...
Wild Geese | A poem by Mary Oliver, 1986
Bian Shoumin, Wild geese, 1751 You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor...
Only a promise | A poem by Michael March, 2005
Samia Halaby, Directions, 2018 You fellthrough yourselfwhat was knownthe war flickeredin the evening skyHer hand was warmwhat were her wordsnot...
Nostos | A poem by Louise Gluck, 1996
Dorothy Annan, Girl with an Apple, 1943 There was an apple tree in the yard --this would have beenforty years...
Inventory | A poem by Dorothy Parker, 1926
Afghan girl with green eyes Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe....
Crumbling is not an instant’s Act | A poem by Emily Dickinson, 1860
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1961 Crumbling is not an instant's ActA fundamental pauseDilapidation's processesAre organized Decays — 'Tis first a Cobweb...
Oh, Yes | A poem by Charles Bukowski, 1983
René Magritte, Memory, 1948 There are worse things thanbeing alone,but it often takes decadesto realize this,and most oftenwhen you doit's...