Riposte

SpillwordsMarch 24, 2019

Riposte a poem by William Carlos Williams   Love is like water or the air my townspeople; it cleanses, and dissipates evil gases. It is like poetry t...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry13 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry4 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry6 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

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...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

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...

ChristmasEnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

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, ...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry1 min read

I Am Not Yours

SpillwordsDecember 9, 2018

I Am Not Yours a poem by Sara Teasdale   I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost a...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

Fire And Ice

SpillwordsDecember 2, 2018

Fire and Ice a poem by Robert Frost   Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who f...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read