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when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels
or
when I watch you
in your old man's shoes
with the little toe cut out ..........
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels
or
when I watch you
in your old man's shoes
with the little toe cut out ..........
| Votes: 7 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 3.14 |
I knew a man by sight,
A blameless wight,
Who, for a year or more,
Had daily passed my door,
Yet converse none had had with him.
I met him in a lane,
Him and his cane, ..........
A blameless wight,
Who, for a year or more,
Had daily passed my door,
Yet converse none had had with him.
I met him in a lane,
Him and his cane, ..........
| Votes: 27 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 3.11 |
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Old Peter Prairie-dog
Builds him a house
In Prairie-Dog Town,
With a door that goes down
And down and down,
And a hall that goes under
And under and under,
Where you can't see ..........
Builds him a house
In Prairie-Dog Town,
With a door that goes down
And down and down,
And a hall that goes under
And under and under,
Where you can't see ..........
| Votes: 8 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 3 |
We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with ..........
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with ..........
| Votes: 6 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 3 |
"Before the ice is in the pools,
Before the skaters go,
Or any cheek at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow,
Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder ..........
Before the skaters go,
Or any cheek at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow,
Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder ..........
| Votes: 11 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 2.91 |
Allie, call the birds in,
The birds from the sky.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Down they all fly.
First there came
Two white doves
Then a sparrow from his nest,
Then a ..........
The birds from the sky.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Down they all fly.
First there came
Two white doves
Then a sparrow from his nest,
Then a ..........
| Votes: 8 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 2.75 |
Whose was that gentle voice, that, whispering sweet,
Promised methought long days of bliss sincere!
Soothing it stole on my deluded ear,
Most like soft music, that might ..........
Promised methought long days of bliss sincere!
Soothing it stole on my deluded ear,
Most like soft music, that might ..........
| Votes: 15 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 2.73 |
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To whom do I dedicate this charming slim volume,
just now polished with dry pumice stone?
For you Cornellius, for you were accustomed to think
that my scribblings were something.
When ..........
just now polished with dry pumice stone?
For you Cornellius, for you were accustomed to think
that my scribblings were something.
When ..........
| Votes: 2 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 2.5 |
The Wife
The house is like a garden,
The children are the flowers,
The gardener should come methinks
And walk among his bowers,
Oh! lock the door on worry
And shut your cares ..........
The house is like a garden,
The children are the flowers,
The gardener should come methinks
And walk among his bowers,
Oh! lock the door on worry
And shut your cares ..........
| Votes: 6 | Read the Complete Poem » |
Rating: 2.17 |
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