Famous Short Poems - Page 2
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A Time To Talk
Famous Poem
When a friend calls to me from the road
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And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,Featured Shared StoryExcellent! The case almost unattended in today's crazily hasty waste of morality and spirituality in favor of modernity! A nice moral lesson for those entrapped in the network of virtual...
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I'd Love To Be A Fairy's Child
Famous Poem
Children born of fairy stock
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Never need for shirt or frock,
Never want for food or fire,
Always get their heart's desire:Featured Shared StoryVery nice poem. It deals with the aspirations of children. Childhood is the stage of innocence, and the present poem describes the same. It's lyrical, rhythmic and rhymed.
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Harlem
Famous Poem
in Famous Poems
What happens to a dream deferred?
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Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?Featured Shared StoryA wonderful poem by Langston Hughes, some dreams drift off with the morning mist, others come through if one persists..... A dream differed is a dream put on hold until the time comes for...
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The Rainbow
Famous Poem
Boats sail on the rivers,
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And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.Featured Shared StoryMy 11-year-old daughter loved this and learned quickly to recite it.
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There Is Another Sky
Famous Poem
There is another sky,
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Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;Featured Shared StoryMy mother, Joyce, loves her garden, which she made and made beautiful; and her other garden is the seeds of positivity, love, and joy that she has sown throughout her life. Joyce is 84 now...
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Morning Prayer
Famous Poem
Now another day is breaking,
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Sleep was sweet and so is waking.
Dear Lord, I promised you last night
Never again to sulk or fight.Featured Shared StoryHe did an amazing job on this poem.
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The Eagle
Famous Poem
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
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Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
Featured Shared StoryThis poem touched my heart as no other poem has. I love nature and most poems don't interest me. When I can, I am outside in nature and when I have to go inside, I fall just like the Eagle at...
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My dear neighbor, Nellie, who is in her 80s, asked me, as I am an artist, to paint a picture for her to give to her husband for Christmas. She said he loves the poem "Here Comes the Fog" by...
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Maggie And Milly And Molly And May
Famous Poem
maggie and milly and molly and may
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went down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sangFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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A Riddle
Famous Poem
There is one that has a head without an eye,
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And there's one that has an eye without a head.
You may find the answer if you try;
And when all is said,Featured Shared StoryPins and needles Try this: The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place. -The Guess Book (c. 1820)
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Won't You?
Famous Poem
Barbara's eyes are blue as azure,
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But she is in love with Freddy.
Karen's sweet, but Harry has her.
Gentle Jane is going steady.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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