St. Patrick’s Day

SpillwordsMarch 17, 2019

St. Patrick’s Day a poem by Eliza Cook   St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day! Oh! thou tormenting Irish lay— I’ve got thee buzzing in my brain...

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Success Is Counted Sweetest

SpillwordsMarch 10, 2019

Success Is Counted Sweetest a poem by Emily Dickinson   Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sores...

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Phenomenal Woman

SpillwordsMarch 3, 2019

Phenomenal Woman a poem by Maya Angelou   Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I st...

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Oily Weather

SpillwordsFebruary 24, 2019

Oily Weather a poem by Ernest Hemingway   The sea desires deep hulls— It swells and rolls. The screw churns a throb— Driving, throbbing, progressin...

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Ravenna

SpillwordsFebruary 17, 2019

Ravenna a poem by Oscar Wilde   I. A year ago I breathed the Italian air,-- And yet, methinks this northern Spring is fair,- These fields made go...

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Wishes

SpillwordsFebruary 10, 2019

Wishes a poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter   I wish we could live as the flowers live, To breathe and to bloom in the summer and sun; To slumber an...

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Transfiguration

SpillwordsFebruary 3, 2019

Transfiguration a poem by Louisa May Alcott   Mysterious death! who in a single hour Life's gold can so refine, And by thy art divine Change m...

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The Last Ride Together

SpillwordsJanuary 27, 2019

The Last Ride Together a poem by Robert Browning   I SAID—Then, dearest, since 'tis so, Since now at length my fate I know, Since nothing all my lov...

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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

SpillwordsJanuary 20, 2019

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock a poem by T. S. Eliot   S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fi...

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Opportunity

SpillwordsJanuary 13, 2019

Opportunity a poem by John James Ingalls   Master of human destinies am I; Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk. I pe...

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

SpillwordsJanuary 6, 2019

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning a poem by John Donne   As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad...

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At The Entering Of The New Year

SpillwordsDecember 30, 2018

At the Entering of the New Year a poem by Thomas Hardy   I   (OLD STYLE) Our songs went up and out the chimney, And roused the home-gone...

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Christmas Bells

SpillwordsDecember 23, 2018

Christmas Bells a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The w...

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Daybreak

SpillwordsDecember 16, 2018

Daybreak a poem by Jack London   The blushing dawn the easy illumes, The birds their merry matins sing, The buds breath forth their sweet perfumes, ...

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