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14269 | RichardLovelace | LucastasWorld | I.
Cold as the breath of winds that blow
To silver shot descending snow,
Lucasta sigh't; when she did close
The world in frosty chaines!
And then a frowne to rubies frose
The blood boyl'd in our veines:
Yet cooled not the heat her sphere
Of beauties first had kindled there.
II.
Then mov'd, and with a suddaine flame
Imp... | 88 | world | world | 世界 | en |
1799 | CJHeck | AngelsAllAroundMeChildren | Angels all around me.
Angels high above.
Pretty angels everywhere
guarding me with love.
Angels at my bedside
help me start my prayers
while other angels hurry
mom and daddy up the stairs.
When it’s time to say night-night
the angels’ jobs aren’t through.
When I close my eyes to sleep,
they watch me all night, too.
Ang... | 11 | children | children | 儿童 | en |
12902 | ArfaIris | Thanks | thanks for making me comfortable.
on my first day at hospital.
thanks for standing like a friend,
when i felt lone and when my hope was about end.
thanks for giving me courage,
when i felt weak and scared.
thanks for wiping my tears.
when i cried just before surgery,
as i was filled with all fears.
thanks for taking ca... | 79 | thanks | thanks | 感恩 | en |
13326 | johntiongchunghoo | TravelSingaporePoemTheSingaporeILove | the singapore i love is
when the city holds up
its clouds, playing pom
pom girls postponing
a drizzle so that the trees
in the lanes and streets
- with their intermmitent
swinging branches and
leaves - could hum songs
of cheers to those walking
hand in hand savouring
the warmth in each others' eyes
the Singapore I lov... | 83 | travel | travel | 旅行 | en |
12050 | ErnestineNorthover | AStarIsBorn | The leading man walked onto the stage,
the house lights dimmed, a hush descended,
the play was about to begin.
A drama, powerful and dramatic.
Breaths were held, not one body moved.
Suddenly, he spoke.
'Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm afraid to have to inform you,
that our leading lady has been struck down by laryngitis,
the... | 126 | star | star | 星星 | en |
13821 | GajananMishra | WaterWaterAndWater | Let me drink water
I know water is
Only true drink for me.
Food juices and soups
Are my foods,
Coffee tea wine
Are all poison.
I am thirsty
Give me a drop of
Pure water.
Let me sip water
As slowly as I
Comfortably can.
I know when I am
Sipping water
I am taking internal bath,
That eliminates uric acid,
excess of salt a... | 86 | water | water | 水 | en |
1085 | PercyByssheShelley | TheBirthPlaceOfPleasure | At the creation of the Earth
Pleasure, that divinest birth,
From the soil of Heaven did rise,
Wrapped in sweet wild melodies--
Like an exhalation wreathing
To the sound of air low-breathing
Through Aeolian pines, which make
A shade and shelter to the lake
Whence it rises soft and slow;
Her life-breathing [limbs] did fl... | 8 | birth | birth | 出生 | en |
7092 | PranabKChakraborty | LifeAndLifeAgain | Death no wonder
its endless inferiority
known to us all
wonder is life
because we yet not know
the possibilities
yet to be exposed
death now simply a station
where a stop will blot a presence
but life shows fights
colorful its ignition
Wonder
wonderful
ambitious much to get
thousand times to taste life
infinite and end... | 44 | life | life | 生命 | en |
6822 | MichaelPJohnson | JusticePeaceTruthLove | For justice, truth and peace to flow
Love too has fruit to bear
United must become all four
And practiced everywhere
True justice cannot stand alone
It needs of truth and peace
When love becomes the corner stone
Sweet fruit will never cease
Let's drink The Truth as sweet old wine
Let love live not in vane
Mix justice n... | 42 | justice | justice | 正义 | en |
2279 | JamesElston | TributeToCourage | Courage is doing what is right
Without having to be told
Courage is manning up
When you know you've done something wrong
Courage is looking the enemy in the eye
And telling them to just bring it
Courage is having fear
But still staying strong
Courage is facing adversity
But being able to overcome it
Courage is leaving ... | 136 | courage | courage | 勇气 | en |
1018 | RobertCrawford | BirthAndDeath | I who have known thee, Birth, must know Death too:
As old, old men their children's children fold
In their gaunt arms, and though their blood be cold
Feel their own youth burn in them as they view
The features that were theirs — each sign so true
To their own breath and blood, 'tis as retold
Their very youth was, when ... | 8 | birth | birth | 出生 | en |
3966 | MamtaAgarwal | SoulFoodSenryu | Pigeon on the ledge,
Starved, walks away from seeds; needs
Hugs, love therapy. | 22 | food | food | 食物 | en |
7562 | RenuRakhejaakaTranquilOcean | a47LovePassionBewareMyLove | Beware, my Love
Of the thunder
That we will encounter
When we touch
Beware, my love
Of the Rain
The outpourings of the pain
For the lost time
Beware, my love
Of the lightning
The resurrection that it will bring
Of our dormant desires
Beware, my Love
Of the flood
The mingling of our blood
When our skins dissolve
Beware,... | 47 | love | love | 爱情 | en |
11658 | saadattahir | BurdenOfAdamsSonIntertwinedLifeFate | Flailing nailed to tree of woe
Heartiest deed canst answer lo
Thunder claps atop fated trees
Impending havoc doth not sees
Betwixt ye cut the lancet clean
From the morrow not ye glean
Seeks dismal destiny fairest lock
Rudes loathe that sages mock
Tender feet hath burnt to hock
Crimson beads on braid an frock
Cringe ye ... | 123 | son | son | 儿子 | en |
5997 | BillyCollins | IGoBackToTheHouseForABook | I turn around on the gravel
and go back to the house for a book,
something to read at the doctor’s office,
and while I am inside, running the finger
of inquisition along a shelf,
another me that did not bother
to go back to the house for a book
heads out on his own,
rolls down the driveway,
and swings left toward town,... | 138 | house | house | 房屋 | en |
6909 | ForrestHainline | KissKiss | Kiss kiss kiss I will
Again and again hold you
Touch you taste you kiss
© 2009 Forrest Hainline | 43 | kiss | kiss | 吻 | en |
11703 | KumarmaniMahakul | SonMyDearSon | Son, son oh my dear son, dear son,
What are you doing now there?
Are you busy in reading or writing?
Or are you busy in reciting poems?
This is wonder that technology tells,
Within fraction of second it connects,
Wherever you may be in far place,
I know you receive call of affection.
Go on writing your philosophical vi... | 123 | son | son | 儿子 | en |
7084 | MuzahidulReza | HowLifeIsForLifeTanka | Life is for life when
Some help other in danger
That is to serve when
They use their brain for other
And advance in body and mind. | 44 | life | life | 生命 | en |
10987 | EdwardKofiLouis | SilverCup | Silver Cup!
In the land of your muse;
Life!
With the coastal muse of your love.
Pink, link!
To the Pink Prison;
In the land of your muse,
But, handle me with care.
Life!
Learning the truth after 50 years;
Broadly! !
Widely,
But, being very much in love with you. | 69 | silver | silver | 银色 | en |
518 | SidneyLanier | BabyCharley | He's fast asleep. See how, O Wife,
Night's finger on the lip of life
Bids whist the tongue, so prattle-rife,
Of busy Baby Charley.
One arm stretched backward round his head,
Five little toes from out the bed
Just showing, like five rosebuds red,
-- So slumbers Baby Charley.
Heaven-lights, I know, are beaming through
T... | 4 | baby | baby | 婴儿 | en |
10056 | MichelleChargualaf | remember | Remember where you came from.
Remember where you have been.
Remember whom you have encountered.
Remember whom you have known,
Remember joyous moments.
Remember sorrow too.
Remember all the lessons.
Remember the lessons you forgot.
Remember your Father.
Remember your Mentor.
Remember Mother Earth.
Remember the universe.... | 117 | remember | remember | 回忆 | en |
1179 | FaithElizabethBrigham | PeaceBrotherPeace | a gentle breeze blows ocean side
the easter lilies usher in the spring
and there you are with your guitar
won*t you play a song for me
cat sang about a peace train and
john imagined the world living
together in harmony but oh how now
world peace seems a far gone thing
there are so many questions
unanswered so it seems ... | 9 | brother | brother | 兄弟 | en |
10626 | WilliamButlerYeats | RunningToParadise | As I came over Windy Gap
They threw a halfpenny into my cap.
For I am running to paradise;
And all that I need do is to wish
And somebody puts his hand in the dish
To throw me a bit of salted fish:
And there the king is but as the beggar.
My brother Mourteen is worn out
With skelping his big brawling lout,
And I am run... | 140 | running | running | 奔跑 | en |
965 | TheoremTheTruthSerum | ICanTBelieveThatYouReSingle | I can't believe that you're single
Your personality blooms like a flower
And your face is so beautiful
That you cause mirrors to grow legs
Just so that they can be a reflection of you | 89 | believe | believe | 信念 | en |
8424 | FrederickKesner | ReedMusic | Amber frosted reeds
in the summer's wind
swaying, dancing,
synchronised now
syncopated and back
shouting then singing
xanthine etudes
boisterous and raucous
bright and nimble
leaving pliant
graceful kisses
on a soft smooth cheek | 112 | music | music | 音乐 | en |
346 | StaceyGibbs | Anger | Anger building up
So close to exploding
I am so close to the edge
No second thoughts before knowing
My body shakes with anger
The line is so close
Slowly starting to overstep that line
My eyes start to tear up
Softly falling down my cheeks
Anger invades me
Precisely and carefully taking over
Anger...Anger...Anger
The h... | 133 | anger | anger | 愤怒 | en |
12161 | samyakjain | FailureAndSuccess | success is a damsel
that intoxicates;
failure is your mistress
that teases.
success is a drink
that leads to stupor;
failure is the beverage
that shakes you up.
success is a temporary
shed in life's journey;
failure is the pathway
to ultimate destination.
dont let thus
success beguile
into
momentary comfort;
learn to b... | 74 | success | success | 成功 | en |
1554 | johntiongchunghoo | ItWillNotChange | why change
after so long
we had thought
we have been made
for each other?
yes, you can go
to your new heart
i will beat my old one
the path you walk
i pray will be strewn
with roses
the ones
you sent
at the first valentine
you got me
my heart
i would have done
anything for you
for your happiness
why change?
if it is th... | 91 | change | change | 改变 | en |
2280 | MadamAnonymous | UndauntedCourageLewisAndClark | Let me tell you a story,
A story of 28 great lives,
Of hope, of enterprise,
An inspiring story,
Of adventure, of glory
Clark, hero of Kentucky
Lewis, loyal to the President
With a melancholic strain,
Sallied into the unknown
The Corps of Discovery’s
Body and brain.
Commanded by
The Son of America
Equipped with bravery,... | 136 | courage | courage | 勇气 | en |
782 | RichardWilbur | TheBeautifulChanges | One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides
The Queen Anne's Lace lying like lilies
On water; it glides
So from the walker, it turns
Dry grass to a lake, as the slightest shade of you
Valleys my mind in fabulous blue Lucernes.
The beautiful changes as a forest is changed
By a chameleon's tuning his skin to it;
As a man... | 6 | beautiful | beautiful | 美丽 | en |
4508 | OtteriSelvakumar | FunnyJock | Ball on
Ground...
Kick and play
The player's
Ball was
Un happy...!
Lisener's
Also clap
And play...! | 26 | funny | funny | 幽默 | en |
9778 | DanielleAnneWilkinson | CatchAFallingRainbow | The rain drops fall
The sun comes out
And all thats left is a beautiful rainbow
People stop and stare
at the unmissable sight
All the colours
In seven neat rows
The clouds blurr
the rainbow does too
As it disappears
It fades and fades
Now it has gone
the noise returns
We'll have to wait
For the next time it rains | 63 | rainbow | rainbow | 彩虹 | en |
11720 | FrancisDuggan | TheMotherBelievesHerSon | He is serving three years for armed robbery but the mother says my son is not a crim
He is not the one who robbed the uptown drug store for someone else the cashier mistook him
My son has told me that he is not guilty and what he tells me I always believe
He is a kind, honest and loving person and does not use guns and... | 123 | son | son | 儿子 | en |
12756 | DanBrown | DefyingTheEnglishTeacher | The best possible words,
with the best possible meaning,
in the best possible order,
with the best possible structure,
in the best possible way.
That’s what I was once told poetry is.
But I pushed those boundaries,
and wrote in many different ways.
We should do poetry our own way,
no matter what anyone says. | 78 | teacher | teacher | 教师 | en |
2631 | FedericoGarc├нaLorca | GacelaOfTheDarkDeath | I want to sleep the dream of the apples,
to withdraw from the tumult of cemetries.
I want to sleep the dream of that child
who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas.
I don't want to hear again that the dead do not lose their blood,
that the putrid mouth goes on asking for water.
I don't want to learn of the tortures... | 16 | dark | dark | 黑暗 | en |
1821 | CJHeck | DreamingChildren | Did you ever wonder about dreaming?
How the pictures get in your head?
Why they’re only there when you’re sleeping?
Why they’re only there in your bed?
You can fly anywhere that you want to.
You can soar above houses and cars.
You can even go higher than that, if you want,
way, way up to the moon and the stars.
You can... | 11 | children | children | 儿童 | en |
3763 | leoconway | NoFear | I have no fear in death
I long for it
I find death for a child
Always looking for enjoyment
In what it kills
I have no fear in death
Death is what I can only see
But why, has it not come for me
It comes close but never comes for me
I have no fear in death
For death fears me | 100 | fear | fear | 恐惧 | en |
12445 | BenPaynter | AndTheSunSleptOn | And the sun slept on into the day
and lay buried deep
where the wisemen say
its gone to find some peace.
O hand me this, this tired star
and let it be thrown
with a spiteful toss so far so far
so far from home
Throw it to night and the darkness it craves
hurl it into endless space
watch it as it slowly fades
with an up... | 75 | sun | sun | 太阳 | en |
12655 | DrVKKanniappan | FeelingSympathyForBabyCobra | As usual, I was browsing internet
In my computer sitting adjacent
to the hall window, about nine O’ clock!
Within the glance of my eyes on left side,
I noticed something wriggling outer side
Closer to the compound wall inner side!
Shocked to see a snake moving forward steadily
I went out of my house through back door c... | 77 | sympathy | sympathy | 同情 | en |
10108 | FrancisDuggan | RespectIsWhatYouEarnNotCommand | Respect is what you earn not command
That is something some find hard to understand
You earn respect if respect you do show
From people in your life you've come to know
Of Respect or lack of we do read of and hear
Though 'tis a thing that cannot be born of fear
Of somebody who has power over you
In your feigned respect... | 118 | respect | respect | 尊重 | en |
10631 | PeterSQuinn | ShadowsAreRunningAround | Shadows are running around
In every beat and pleasure
Something might there be found
That you'd consider to erasure
Steps are surrounding the past
With what we did never give
Bringing in doubtful cast
Something we once did live
Rain cloudiness is all over
Here in this rainy time season
A wish for a four leaved clover
C... | 140 | running | running | 奔跑 | en |
10788 | WaltWhitman | InCabinDShipsAtSea | IN cabin'd ships, at sea,
The boundless blue on every side expanding,
With whistling winds and music of the waves--the large imperious
waves--In such,
Or some lone bark, buoy'd on the dense marine,
Where, joyous, full of faith, spreading white sails,
She cleaves the ether, mid the sparkle and the foam of day, or under
... | 141 | sea | sea | 海 | en |
6392 | ShouvikRoy | InnocenceAnAutobiography | I don't know when I was born,
Maybe when humanity didn't exist.
I was lost, in the senses of the insentient beings;
Always trying to find something.
Then came the humans, and I found my worth.
I found my place in the stone man's child
And the warmth of the fire made,
Since then I am multiplied.
I am the newborn's cry a... | 139 | innocence | innocence | 纯真 | en |
14087 | ThomasHardy | TheFarmWomansWinter | I
If seasons all were summers,
And leaves would never fall,
And hopping casement-comers
Were foodless not at all,
And fragile folk might be here
That white winds bid depart;
Then one I used to see here
Would warm my wasted heart!
II
One frail, who, bravely tilling
Long hours in gripping gusts,
Was mastered by their chi... | 87 | winter | winter | 冬天 | en |
5471 | LindaHepner | TriggerHappy | Bring back my email,
Lordy, bring it back.
I never meant to send it,
I never meant to press
That press key and I never meant
To let him see
My wildest wish, sent hurtling
Through the ether like
A comet, trailing harmful fire,
Streaking like a rocket
Whizzing and shrieking and
Exploding in the air
For all to see,
For hi... | 33 | happy | happy | 快乐 | en |
6015 | AlfredLordTennyson | TheDesertedHouse | Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide.
Careless tenants they!
All within is dark as night:
In the windows is no light;
And no murmur at the door,
So frequent on its hinge before.
Close the door; the shutters close;
Or through the windows we shall see
The nakedness and vacancy
Of th... | 138 | house | house | 房屋 | en |
7703 | D├│nallDempsey | MarriageCeremony | “Do you...
(Donall Donall)
take this woman’s body
to have & to hold
to totally transform
by the bliss
of loving her? ”
“I do...I do! ”
“Do you...
(Janice A. Windle)
take this man
to tease & to tempt
to tantalise beyond
all human endurance
so that he almost
expires from the ecstasy
of your loving arms? ”
“I do...I do to... | 49 | marriage | marriage | 婚姻 | en |
13827 | HarleyWhite | WaterWater | ‘Water' seems a fitting title
of this rhyme on something vital
for the beings we take care of
and the others we're aware of.
Life on Earth depends on water,
whether human or sea otter,
fish or fowl, whatever creatures
having some subsistence features.
Water may have been existent
in archaic ages distant
long before we ... | 86 | water | water | 水 | en |
4542 | BriannaTrombley | IsnTItFunny | Isn’t it funny how all of a sudden you care
But when we were together you were never there
Isn’t it funny how to make me jealous you’re with her
But when you see me with him, everything starts to blur
Isn’t it funny how you want me to miss you
But when we were together, other girls you’d pursue
Isn’t it funny how you t... | 26 | funny | funny | 幽默 | en |
4130 | JenHuan | Freedom | Precious like time,
Fragile like a baby.
A dream, a vision, a fantasy,
An individual's most valued possession.
Enabling yourself to soar through the horizon.
Hopes coming true,
Doors opening,
Chambers unlocking.
Feeling inside unexplainable,
Merely looking further towards forthcoming.
No past, no present,
Only the futu... | 101 | freedom | freedom | 自由 | en |
12688 | AldoKraas | SympathyForGod | Do you have any sympathy for god?
Because I have some sympathy for God
Do you believe in God?
Because I believe in God
Do you know who created you in his image?
God created you in his image
And that is not a lie | 77 | sympathy | sympathy | 同情 | en |
3644 | NtozakeShange | MyFatherIsARetiredMagician | (for ifa, p.t., & bisa)
my father is a retired magician
which accounts for my irregular behavior
everythin comes outta magic hats
or bottles wit no bottoms & parakeets
are as easy to get as a couple a rabbits
or 3 fifty cent pieces/ 1958
my daddy retired from magic & took
up another trade cuz this friend of mine
from t... | 99 | father | father | 父亲 | en |
2455 | AbdulWahab | LtLtAManFromTheRaceOfArtAndCulture | I am the cradle of all civilizations
In my veins I run
The seed of human history
In my chest I carry the grandeur of Taj-Mahal
the wonder of hanging garden of Babylon
Ten thousand years of old blood
Sweetened with human struggle
I pump in my heart
How a slap or two from a brute power or a beast
Could ensure a defeat of... | 94 | culture | culture | 文化 | en |
295 | MaryNagy | UnknownAngel | You are my oldest angel.
Your name will go untold.
At first you were too young for this.
Now you are too old.
Just so you know I love you.
Your thoughts, your smile, your heart.
You've been with me through darker days,
but you loved me from the start.
It's strange to look you eye to eye
and see how much you've grown.
I... | 2 | angel | angel | 天使 | en |
10839 | LucyMaudMontgomery | TheSeaToTheShore | Lo, I have loved thee long, long have I yearned and entreated!
Tell me how I may win thee, tell me how I must woo.
Shall I creep to thy white feet, in guise of a humble lover ?
Shall I croon in mild petition, murmuring vows anew ?
Shall I stretch my arms unto thee, biding thy maiden coyness,
Under the silver of morning... | 141 | sea | sea | 海 | en |
4190 | HerbertNehrlich | AFriendIs | A friend is one who is like me,
or is it one who likes me much,
and maybe someone you can touch?
Perhaps a buddy who would be
in all dark alleys in your need
who'd fish you out of murky waters
and bandage when you slowly bleed
he will protect your sons and daughters
and close the shutters on your house
when rains come ... | 24 | friend | friend | 朋友 | en |
1585 | ifedayooshin | WillChangeChange | 1.
What will happen to change?
Will change change as all things?
Or will it develop immunity
And embrace hypocrisy?
Will change resist change
And go against its doctrinaire?
Why, will change change not
Should nothing be permanent, even change?
Since change is also a thing.
2.
Our world changes daily by seconds
Our live... | 91 | change | change | 改变 | en |
5228 | D├│nallDempsey | InTheTheatreOfOurHair | We put our heads together
(hide behind our hair)
only kisses & promises
happen in here.
We put our heads together
(disappear behind our hair)
the world reduced to a single heartbeat
only love happens here.
We put our heads together
(the world disappears)
Time seems to pass us by
...who cares? | 104 | hair | hair | 头发 | en |
1428 | HimeHiroda | CarpeDiem | Ephemeral eyes of the Eternal soul
Never cease to seek that goal
Whether it be on Mount Olympus' zenith
Or in the depths of Hades' lair just beyond the river Styx.
How could it, something momentary
Strive for something that's wanted by so many?
How could I reach that lofty peak
Without performing an impossible feat?
I ... | 90 | carpediem | carpediem | 及时行乐 | en |
341 | RazuFoyezIbneyHarunAlAhmed | Anger | How is anger escaped?
It stays deep within me.
I think about what is lost,
and the anger rises inside of me.
Every where I look,
I see what should be mine.
Envy turns to anger,
I think to myself 'who are these people? ,
they do not deserve such a thing I have lost'
I think about what is lost,
and the anger rises inside... | 133 | anger | anger | 愤怒 | en |
11699 | RobertWilliamService | SailorSon | When you come home I'll not be round
To welcome you.
They'll take you to a grassy mound
So neat and new;
Where I'll be sleeping--O so sound!
The ages through.
I'll not be round to broom the hearth,
To feed the chicks;
And in the wee room of your birth
Your bed to fix;
Rose room that knew your baby mirth
Your tiny trick... | 123 | son | son | 儿子 | en |
2206 | PaulSebastian | CourageFacesFear | Fear is imagined spirits
Fear cripples the bold
Fear maligns weak spirits
Fear kills the very soul
Fear breeds more fear
Fear breeds lies
Cowards are born by fear
Fear make dreams die
Courage overcomes fear
Fear accomplishes nothing
Faith stands in the face of fear
The brave make things happen!
5.6.2016 | 136 | courage | courage | 勇气 | en |
12915 | SandraOsborne | Thanks | I saw you,
You.
Not an outward imitation,
But you, inside.
Your radiance filled my world,
And my thoughts were you,
Just you.
And, you made me happy.
Thanks.
And if nothing else happens,
That did.
And that,
Makes you worth more,
Than anything,
I could ever hope for,
Or want. | 79 | thanks | thanks | 感恩 | en |
10409 | DavidHarris | RomanticEvening | In a candle lit room
with an open fires glow,
you sit arm in arm
passing the evening through.
A bearskin rug under your feet
and the romantic evening
feels almost complete.
You bring the wine from the cooler
and both of you sip it gently.
Your hearts beat faster
with the warmth inside of you
and your kisses are like fi... | 67 | romantic | romantic | 浪漫的 | en |
11774 | WilliamCarlosWilliams | ASortOfASong | Let the snake wait under
his weed
and the writing
be of words, slow and quick, sharp
to strike, quiet to wait,
sleepless.
-- through metaphor to reconcile
the people and the stones.
Compose. (No ideas
but in things) Invent!
Saxifrage is my flower that splits
the rocks. | 124 | song | song | 歌曲 | en |
9166 | JamesArlingtonWright | APoemAboutGeorgeDotyInTheDeathHouse | Lured by the wall, and drawn
To stare below the roof,
Where pigeons nest aloof
From prowling cats and men,
I count the sash and bar
Secured to granite stone,
And note the daylight gone,
Supper and silence near.
Close to the wall inside,
Immured, empty of love,
A man I have wondered of
Lies patient, vacant-eye.
A month ... | 58 | poem | poem | 诗 | en |
3216 | JeanValentine | DreamBarker | We met for supper in your flat-bottomed boat.
I got there first: in a white dress: I remember
Wondering if you'd come. Then you shot over the bank,
A Virgilian Nigger Jim, and poled us off
To a little sea-food barker's cave you knew.
What'll you have? you said. Eels hung down,
Bamboozled claws hung up from the ... | 19 | dream | dream | 梦想 | en |
5860 | MaryDarbyRobinson | TheWidowsHome | Close on the margin of a brawling brook
That bathes the low dell's bosom, stands a Cot;
O'ershadow'd by broad Alders. At its door
A rude seat, with an ozier canopy
Invites the weary traveller to rest.
'Tis a poor humble dwelling; yet within,
The sweets of joy domestic, oft have made
The long hour not unchearly, while t... | 37 | home | home | 家园 | en |
4001 | JohnAlexanderRossMcKellar | FootballFieldEvening | Cross bars and posts, the echo of distant bells,
The cool and friendly scent of whispering turf;
And in the air a little wind that tells
Of moonlit waves beyond a murmuring surf.
The glittering blue and verdant afternoon
Has locked up all its colours, leaving dearth,
Deserted, underneath a careless moon,
The glory has ... | 23 | football | football | 足球 | en |
14189 | JorieGraham | TheWayThingsWork | is by admitting
or opening away.
This is the simplest form
of current: Blue
moving through blue;
blue through purple;
the objects of desire
opening upon themselves
without us; the objects of faith.
The way things work
is by solution,
resistance lessened or
increased and taken
advantage of.
The way things work
is that w... | 132 | work | work | 工作 | en |
4315 | HerbertNehrlich | FrogSeesTara | A small and green but drunken frog
sat in the evening on his log.
He contemplated there on life
and wished he had a green frog wife.
He'd interviewd a thousand frogs,
kept diaries and detailed logs.
But never did he find the one
who'd rest all day out in the sun
and dream with him at night in bed
so this green frog was... | 25 | frog | frog | 青蛙 | en |
3125 | VidyadharDurgekar | Destiny | Through the doors of suspense he comes,
What is in store, he only knows;
All have to surrender and bow,
To the tribute for deeds what he throws;
All wait to find what he will bestow,
Sometimes blessed in a continuous flow,
Like a Christmas gift in a winter snow;
Whenever he feels confers with mazel tov,
Bringing with i... | 18 | destiny | destiny | 命运 | en |
10424 | AparnaChatterjee | Romantic | He told me
To be
Romantic
As before
I told him
I've forgotten
How to write
Think and feel
As before | 67 | romantic | romantic | 浪漫的 | en |
7303 | DeAntrePate | LossOfAMother | My Loss...
Of a Mother.
Of a Friend.
Of a Queen.
The Beginning of the End...
God's Gain.
Of a Daughter.
Of the Light.
Of an Angel.
The Main Soul in His Fight.
My Love...
For My Mother.
Gods Love...
For his Child.
She's with God Right now
watching from His Almighty Cloud. | 109 | loss | loss | 失去 | en |
1358 | ScottyDogg | MyOtherCarIsAVolvo | You are a brown dumpster
With wheels. And me smiling,
Wearing my new sunglasses
Driving you crazy sitting on
Your rubber wobbly
Roof.
I drink another diet coke
And throw it in the back
With the other 500 cans
And the papers, and the gum
Stuck to the carpet like it’s
Got teeth.
Burrito bell smell attacks!
68 empty micki... | 134 | car | car | 汽车 | en |
8404 | ArthurSeymourJohnTessimond | Music | This shape without space,
This pattern without stuff,
This stream without dimension
Surrounds us, flows through us,
But leaves no mark.
This message without meaning,
These tears without eyes
This laughter without lips
Speaks to us but does not
Disclose its clue.
These waves without sea
Surge over us, smooth us.
These h... | 112 | music | music | 音乐 | en |
7045 | RobertHerrick | TearsAndLaughter | Knew'st thou one month would take thy life away,
Thou'dst weep; but laugh, should it not last a day. | 108 | laughter | laughter | 笑声 | en |
5479 | ChristalCarpenter | AGirlNamedHate | a girl named hate
stood at heavens gate
just wishing to be let in
she breathed out sin
and they shuned her
her pain a blur
she walked away
to try again another day
a girl named hate
stood at hells gate
she breathed out sin
and they let her in
they did not judge her
they loved her for sure
and there she will stay
day af... | 34 | hate | hate | 仇恨 | en |
3374 | RudyardKipling | TheLegendOfEvil | I
This is the sorrowful story
Told when the twilight fails
And the monkeys walk together
Holding their neighbours' tails: --
"Our fathers lived in the forest,
Foolish people were they,
They went down to the cornland
To teach the farmers to play.
"Our fathers frisked in the millet,
Our fathers skipped in the wheat,
Our ... | 97 | evil | evil | 邪恶 | en |
12807 | OtteriSelvakumar | Teacher | Teacher was
Learn the
Black board...
Students was
speaking
Cinima story...
School bell
Ringing for
Lunch break...
The black board
Teaching the teacher
How to the time pass? ? ? ! ! !
Student are very busy
For cinima story... | 78 | teacher | teacher | 教师 | en |
10835 | DorothyParker | TheSea | Who lay against the sea, and fled,
Who lightly loved the wave,
Shall never know, when he is dead,
A cool and murmurous grave.
But in a shallow pit shall rest
For all eternity,
And bear the earth upon the breas
That once had worn the sea. | 141 | sea | sea | 海 | en |
3212 | ArthurSeymourJohnTessimond | DayDream | One day people will touch and talk perhaps
easily,
And loving be natural as breathing and warm as
sunlight,
And people will untie themselves, as string is unknotted,
Unfold and yawn and stretch and spread their fingers,
Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed returned to the sea,
And work will be simple and swift
as a seagull flyi... | 19 | dream | dream | 梦想 | en |
13313 | johntiongchunghoo | TravelJapanHaikuMountFujiJapan | mount fuji photo session
she makes up her face as
the mountain hides its face
mount fuji photo session
the newly wed couple wait
for the peak to show
mount fuji
like soldiers the cloud
rushes east
mount fuji
we wait for the mist to clear
for pictures with Fuji
Mount Fuji
the mist blocks us and Fuji
for the photo shot
... | 83 | travel | travel | 旅行 | en |
1041 | D├│nallDempsey | BirthStoriesForLinda | Before we knew
anything at all about sex
we knew
all about our birth
stories.
Our Mam
would recall & regale us all
(setting the table...peeling spuds...sweeping out the hall)
with the intimate
details
of all
our births.
“Tell us of US again...Mam...tell of us again! ”
I was small
(2lbs 2 ounces)
hardly anything
at all.... | 8 | birth | birth | 出生 | en |
12610 | GangadharannairPulingat | SwimmingSport | Water born species always swims
No one teaches them to swim
The best swimmers of rivers
Oceans, and waterfalls in easy.
Swimming the wonderful exercise
For the humans a sport for fitness
keeps away diseases and strengthens
The mind, body, and physical structure
Swimming that gives great relaxation
Swimming that bringin... | 76 | swimming | swimming | 游泳 | en |
8531 | ElizabethBarrettBrowning | PatienceTaughtByNature | 'O DREARY life,' we cry, ' O dreary life ! '
And still the generations of the birds
Sing through our sighing, and the flocks and herds
Serenely live while we are keeping strife
With Heaven's true purpose in us, as a knife
Against which we may struggle ! Ocean girds
Unslackened the dry land, savannah-swards
Unweary swee... | 113 | nature | nature | 自然 | en |
11270 | CzeslawMilosz | ISleepALot | I sleep a lot and read St. Thomas Aquinas
Or The Death of God (that's a Protestant book).
To the right the bay as if molten tin,
Beyond the bay, city, beyond the city, ocean,
Beyond the ocean, ocean, till Japan.
To the left dry hills with white grass,
Beyond the hills an irrigated valley where rice is grown,
Beyond the... | 121 | sleep | sleep | 睡眠 | en |
9836 | MoonBeeCanady | TheCowboyAndTheRainbowCowboyPoem3 | A Cowboy, Neath A Rainbow
Rode The Range, Far and Free
Holding Lightning Reins, and A Lasso
Strung Around His Untamed Dreams
Riding On His Horse, named Bullseye-Shoot
A Big, Bay Thoroughbred
Galloped Long, Nudged by The Cowboy’s Boots
To Race, As Dark Clouds Fled …
… Away, As Each Hoof Struck The Ground
Sounding, Just ... | 63 | rainbow | rainbow | 彩虹 | en |
12946 | AdrianFlett | ATimeToComeATimeToGo | Memories arrive unannounced
in the head, much inclined
to hold in thrall, let them bounce
about, and fill the mind.
Those thoughts when young,
energy filled, I watch hope to be
like them as further along
the pathway I go to my destiny.
Those times of reaching maturity,
now being singularly able,
and thinking one's immo... | 80 | time | time | 时间 | en |
11082 | JosephTRenaldi | MyBelovedSister | Today, while I sit in my rocking chair to rest
Reminiscing the time that I loved the best,
In my vision I can once more see,
My beloved sister and brothers and even me.
The time of happiness that only our family knows,
Before the impending moment that maturity grows.
I am just reminiscing - they have gone their own way... | 142 | sister | sister | 姐妹 | en |
5478 | nicolaburkett | 56IHateMyselfForHurtingYou | I hate myself for hurting you
The pain and heartache i put you through
I killed the love that we once had
I took everything good and turned it bad
I hate myself for hurting you
Your pain i wish i could undo
In the end all we did was shout
I chewed you up and spat you out
I hate myself for hurting you
And killing the lo... | 34 | hate | hate | 仇恨 | en |
11936 | ANDREWBLAKEMORE | WhatSorrowHasBefallenMe | What sorrow has befallen me
No sun to light my day,
These clouds yield only misery
While joy has fled away,
Across the lands where no one goes
And all do fear to tread,
Where only fear and silence grows
And dreams are lying dead.
Now waves of sadness and despair
Do swamp my aching heart,
For no one now does seem to car... | 73 | sorrow | sorrow | 悲伤 | en |
11992 | WilliamShakespeare | SpringAndWinter | WHEN daisies pied and violets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver-white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight,
The cuckoo then, on every tree,
Mocks married men; for thus sings he,
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo! - O word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear!
When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
And mer... | 125 | spring | spring | 春天 | en |
7002 | SidneyLanier | LaughterInTheSenate | In the South lies a lonesome, hungry Land;
He huddles his rags with a cripple's hand;
He mutters, prone on the barren sand,
What time his heart is breaking.
He lifts his bare head from the ground;
He listens through the gloom around:
The winds have brought him a strange sound
Of distant merrymaking.
Comes now the Peace... | 108 | laughter | laughter | 笑声 | en |
844 | WinifredBullard | ClickHereToListenToTheBeautyOfNatureTheBeautyOfNature | The falling of snowflakes coming down
Making a blanket of white on the ground.
Autumn with red and gold-leaves,
Falling to the ground, in a cool breeze.
The rising of the sun of crimson,
A buzzing of the Bees,
As they go on their mission.
A cool-breese blowing in the trees.
The beautiful- flowers of red, yellow, and bl... | 7 | beauty | beauty | 美 | en |
2372 | DejanStojanovic | StayingCrazy | I promised to write you a poem
Every day in a year.
Every day a new flower.
I promised to write flowers for you
I promised to write you a fairy tale
Every day in a year.
I promised something new
And I promised to collect it.
I promised to keep you high—
You were afraid you might fall.
I promised my words to your throne... | 14 | crazy | crazy | 疯狂 | en |
2537 | MargaretAlice | FivePoemsToPonderInvitationToTheDance | 1. My Criterion For Success
You say you find merit in a theory that is based
on a meaningless universe, created by chaos -
quite by chance, inadvertently spawning life,
then intelligence; now that life is self-aware and
clever enough to study itself and realise it is
caught in a meaninglessness in a random universe
tha... | 15 | dance | dance | 舞蹈 | en |
546 | ImaRyma | BushBabyBabyLincolnParkZoo | A bush baby baby am I,
Bouncing 'neath the baobob tree.
Not sure I'm a gal or guy,
But Lincoln Park Zoo's home to me.
Mom and Dad are teaching me bunch,
How to super jump all about,
Snatching insects to have for lunch,
My night vision helping, no doubt.
I'm full of life - eat, sleep and play.
Good grooming is a fam'ly ... | 4 | baby | baby | 婴儿 | en |
14324 | WilliamBlake | ToTheAccuserWhoIsTheGodOfThisWorld | Truly My Satan thou art but a Dunce
And dost not know the Garment from the Man
Every Harlot was a Virgin once
Nor canst thou ever change Kate into Nan
Tho thou art Worship'd by the Names Divine
Of Jesus & Jehovah thou art still
The Son of Morn in weary Nights decline
The lost Travellers Dream under the Hill | 88 | world | world | 世界 | en |
14270 | ArielleGWyman | MyOwnWorld | I sit here alone,
in this dark place.
My mind has gone crazy,
my heart's in a race.
I sit here alone,
with my thoughts gone mad.
I feel I'm insane,
my life's turned bad.
I sit here alone,
as people pass by.
I scream to be heard,
but can't and cry.
I sit here alone,
I'm all messed up.
I have no control,
It's time to giv... | 88 | world | world | 世界 | en |
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