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“Al-Aaraaf” by Edgar Allan Poe

< Return to Edgar Allan Poe Poems Al-Aaraaf O! Nothing earthly save the ray (Thrown back from flowers) of Beauty’s eye, As in those gardens where the day Springs from the gems of Circassy— O! nothing earthly save the thrill Of melody in woodland rill— Or (music of the passion-hearted) Joy’s voice so peacefully departed […]

“The Greater Sea” by Kahlil Gibran

< Return to Kahlil Gibran Poems The Greater Sea My soul and I went to the great sea to bathe. And when we reached the shore, we went about looking for a hidden and lonely place. But as we walked, we saw a man sitting on a grey rock taking pinches of salt from a […]

“The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws” by Wallace Stevens

< Return to Wallace Stevens Poems The Bird with the Coppery, Keen Claws Above the forest of the parakeets, A parakeet of parakeets prevails, A pip of life amid a mort of tails. (The rudiments of tropics are around. Aloe of ivory, pear of rusty rind). His lids are white because his eyes are blind. […]

“Architecture for the Adoration of Beauty” by Wallace Stevens

< Return to Wallace Stevens Poems Architecture for the Adoration of Beauty I What manner of building shall we build for the adoration of beauty? Let us design this chastel de chastete, De pensee . . Never cease to deploy the structure . . . Keep the laborers shouldering plinths . . . Pass the […]

“A Line-storm Song” by Robert Frost

< Return to Robert Frost Poems A Line-storm Song The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away. The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee, Expend their bloom in vain. Come over the hills and far with me, […]

The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir Workshop—3-part, self-paced

A Poetry and Memoir Workshop The Joyful Partnership of Poetry & Memoir is a self-paced course designed by author Megan Willome, to inspire your memoir writing and help you find the best form—poetry or prose—for any given story your heart needs to tell (and the world needs to hear). The course is offered in 3 […]