Great Poems, Polls with Message Boards, Learn more about: Edgar Allan Poe, Longfellow, Victor Hugo, Laura E. Richards, Robert
Frost, Emily Dickinson, Marcie Hans, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ogden Nash
... and much more
Welcome to our poetry pages where you will find an interesting collection of
poems to read, vote on how much you like it, leave a message and learn
something about the poem's author. If you click on an author's picture, it
should take you his or her page.
Some were our childhood favorites, so we decided to keep a place online to
share them with others. But we like all poetry, so if you have a favorite
poem that you would like to see on this site, feel free to send it along.
Here is a list of some of the poems on this site
The
Deacon's Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell
Holmes
Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay ...
Sonnet 18 by William
Shakespeare - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
The Bells
by Edgar Allan Poe - listen
to Poe's onomatopoeiac masterpiece
The Owl and The
Pussycatby Edward Lear - listen to Lear's
whimsical tale of the Owl's courtship and marriage to the Pussycat in this poem
that has charmed millions.
Casey at the Batby
Ernest L. Thayer - an 1888 poem as popularized by actor DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances;
The Prophetby Aleksandr
Pushkin - an intense encounter with God and not too subtle
transformation
When I Have Fears That I May
Cease To Be by John Keats - the poet expresses his fear
that death may rob him of his ability to fulfill his poetic destiny in a
Shakespearean sonnet.
Ma Vie by
Henri Michaux is a French poem
translated into
English. Sometimes it's hard to capture exactly the meaning of a poem in another
language, but we thought this translation captured the essence of the poem.
Ode to My Socks by Pablo Neruda. The
very catchy title often attracts
readers to this wonderful poem, one of many paying homage
to ordinary everyday things we sometimes take for granted.
A Bird Came Down by Emily Dickinson
is a little poem that says a lot about a bird and its
behavior.
Fueled by Marcie Hans
reminds
us that we sometimes forget that nature's miracles are more awesome than man's
accomplishments.
Antonio by Laura E. Richards
- a whimsical look at a would be suitor. Learn many interesting things
about the author.