Failing and Flying By Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It’s the same when love comes to an end,…
Running Away By Rosemary Tonks In the green rags of the Bible I tore up The straight silk of childhood on…
The Fact of the Garden By Minnie Bruce Pratt With this rain I am satisfied we will be together in…
Summer of the Ladybirds By Vivian Smith Can we learn wisdom watching insects now, or just the art of quiet observation?…
Air and Angels By John Donne Twice or thrice had I lov’d thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So…
Only a Dad By Edgar Albert Guest Only a dad, with a tired face, Coming home from the daily race, Bringing…
A Poet to His Baby Son by James Weldon Johnson Tiny bit of humanity, Blessed with your mother’s face, And…
The Unknown Bird BY EDWARD THOMAS Three lovely notes he whistled, too soft to be heard If others sang; but…
Her Garden By Donald Hall I let her garden go. let it…
A Birthday By Christina Rossetti My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water’d shoot; My heart…