Famous Poems
Best Classic Poems On Life's Struggles
Since the dawn of civilization, artists of all forms have sought to express the essence of the human condition and the full range of human experience. Poetry has been one of the most common forms of this expression from the ancients until now. These words have an ability to capture the abstract emotions and concrete experiences that have been part of our humanity throughout the ages. Turning to the words of classic poems can help us to clarify and understand our own experiences better by connecting us to those others who have sought to do the same.
16 Poems by Famous Poets
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A 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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3. Clinching The Bolt
It needed just an extra turn to make the bolt secure,
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A few more minutes on the job and then the work was sure;
But he begrudged the extra turn, and when the task was through,
The man was back for more repairs in just a day or two. -
4. Life Is Fine
I went down to the river,
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I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.Featured Shared StoryEveryone is born for a purpose, but we forget that in pursuit of money. Then God gifted me with poetry and uses it as a medium to educate people, and in each of my poems there is a story...
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5. All The World's A Stage
All the world's a stage,
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And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,Featured Shared StoryHe gets tired of his childhood and hastens to grow up; then he becomes nostalgic about his childhood. To gain wealth, he would endanger his health; then to regain his lost health, he spends...
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6. Beat! Beat! Drums!
Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!
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Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force,
Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,
Into the school where the scholar is studying, -
7. Let America Be America Again
Let America be America again.
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Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
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8. My Wage
I bargained with Life for a penny,
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And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store; -
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This poem!! I felt a tug in my heart because it was truly a story of truth from your heart! Very well expressed, and I can't say but one thing more. If we keep our ears open we learn from...
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10. Aerialist
Each night, this adroit young lady
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Lies among sheets
Shredded fine as snowflakes
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11. What Are Heavy?
What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;
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What are brief? Today and tomorrow;
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;
What are deep? The ocean and truth.Featured Shared StoryIt’s pure perfection, this poem. It couldn't have been said any better and yet be any more poetic and precise. Beautiful. This poem shall stand the test of time, For it's got so much...
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12. Who Am I?
My head knocks against the stars.
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My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny. -
13. Though All The Fates
Though all the fates should prove unkind,
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Leave not your native land behind.
The ship, becalmed, at length stands still;
The steed must rest beneath the hill; -
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15. America The Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies,
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For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
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16. Life
Let me but live my life from year to year,
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With forward face and unreluctant soul;
Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;
Not mourning for the things that disappear
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