Famous Short Poems - Page 2
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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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May
Famous Poem
The wind is tossing the lilacs,
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The new leaves laugh in the sun,
And the petals fall on the orchard wall,
But for me the spring is done.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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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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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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I Shall Not Care
Famous Poem
When I am dead and over me bright April
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Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted,
I shall not care.Featured Shared StoryThe poem "I Shall Not Care" by Sara Teasdale is beautifully written tho' it does cause the reader to wonder what pain and hurt she was going through at the time of writing, the thought...
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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 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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The Sick Rose
Famous Poem
O Rose, thou art sick!
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The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Maggie And Milly And Molly And May
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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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The Door Of Dreams
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in Famous Poems
I often passed the Door of Dreams
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But never stepped inside,
Though sometimes, with surprise, I saw
The door was open wide.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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