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Phenomenal Woman">Phenomenal Woman</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. <br/>I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size <br/>But when I start to tell them, <br/>They think I'm telling lies. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/phenomenal-woman/" title="Phenomenal Woman">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/maya-angelou/" title="Maya Angelou"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">2.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/34/6834_k_2748.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Maya Angelou </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/still-i-rise/" title="Maya Angelou - Still I Rise">Still I Rise</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> You may write me down in history <br/>With your bitter, twisted lies, <br/>You may tread me in the very dirt <br/>But still, like dust, I'll rise. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/still-i-rise/" title="Still I Rise">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/pablo-neruda/" title="Pablo Neruda"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">3.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/38/6638_k_9883.gif"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Pablo Neruda </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/if-you-forget-me/" title="Pablo Neruda - If You Forget Me">If You Forget Me</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I want you to know <br/>one thing. <br/> <br/>You know how this is: <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/if-you-forget-me/" title="If You Forget Me">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/robert-frost/" title="Robert Frost"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">4.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/04/6604_k_4270.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Robert Frost </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-road-not-taken/" title="Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken">The Road Not Taken</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, <br/>And sorry I could not travel both <br/>And be one traveler, long I stood <br/>And looked down one as far as I could <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-road-not-taken/" title="The Road Not Taken">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/langston-hughes/" title="Langston Hughes"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">5.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/6691_k_9416.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Langston Hughes </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/dreams-2/" title="Langston Hughes - Dreams">Dreams</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Hold fast to dreams <br/>For if dreams die <br/>Life is a broken-winged bird <br/>That cannot fly. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/dreams-2/" title="Dreams">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/mary-elizabeth-frye/" title="Mary Elizabeth Frye"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">6.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/57/3157_k_5015.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Mary Elizabeth Frye </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep/" title="Mary Elizabeth Frye - Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep">Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Do not stand at my grave and weep <br/> I am not there. I do not sleep. <br/> I am a thousand winds that blow. <br/> I am the diamond glints on snow. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep/" title="Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/" title="Edgar Allan Poe"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">7.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/94/3094_k_2785.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Edgar Allan Poe </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/annabel-lee/" title="Edgar Allan Poe - Annabel Lee">Annabel Lee</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> It was many and many a year ago, <br/> In a kingdom by the sea, <br/> That a maiden there lived whom you may know <br/> By the name of ANNABEL LEE; <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/annabel-lee/" title="Annabel Lee">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/maya-angelou/" title="Maya Angelou"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">8.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/34/6834_k_2748.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Maya Angelou </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/caged-bird-21/" title="Maya Angelou - Caged Bird">Caged Bird</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The free bird leaps <br/>on the back of the wind <br/>and floats downstream <br/>till the current ends <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/caged-bird-21/" title="Caged Bird">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/robert-frost/" title="Robert Frost"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">9.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/04/6604_k_4270.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Robert Frost </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening-2/" title="Robert Frost - Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening">Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Whose woods these are I think I know. <br/>His house is in the village, though; <br/>He will not see me stopping here <br/>To watch his woods fill up with snow. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening-2/" title="Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/pablo-neruda/" title="Pablo Neruda"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">10.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/38/6638_k_9883.gif"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Pablo Neruda </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-do-not-love-you-except-because-i-love-you/" title="Pablo Neruda - I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You">I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I do not love you except because I love you; <br/>I go from loving to not loving you, <br/>From waiting to not waiting for you <br/>My heart moves from cold to fire. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-do-not-love-you-except-because-i-love-you/" title="I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roald-dahl/" title="Roald Dahl"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">11.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/64/6664_k_2893.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roald Dahl </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/television/" title="Roald Dahl - Television">Television</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The most important thing we've learned, <br/>So far as children are concerned, <br/>Is never, NEVER, NEVER let <br/>Them near your television set - <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/television/" title="Television">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/rudyard-kipling/" title="Rudyard Kipling"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">12.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/09/3109_k_3643.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Rudyard Kipling </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/if/" title="Rudyard Kipling - If">If</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> If you can keep your head when all about you <br/> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; <br/>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, <br/> But make allowance for their doubting too: <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/if/" title="If">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/robert-frost/" title="Robert Frost"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">13.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/04/6604_k_4270.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Robert Frost </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/fire-and-ice/" title="Robert Frost - Fire And Ice">Fire And Ice</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Some say the world will end in fire, <br/>Some say in ice. <br/>From what I've tasted of desire <br/>I hold with those who favor fire. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/fire-and-ice/" title="Fire And Ice">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/" title="Edgar Allan Poe"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">14.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/94/3094_k_2785.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Edgar Allan Poe </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-dream-within-a-dream/" title="Edgar Allan Poe - A Dream Within A Dream">A Dream Within A Dream</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Take this kiss upon the brow! <br/> And, in parting from you now, <br/> Thus much let me avow- <br/> You are not wrong, who deem <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-dream-within-a-dream/" title="A Dream Within A Dream">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/langston-hughes/" title="Langston Hughes"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">15.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/6691_k_9416.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Langston Hughes </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/as-i-grew-older/" title="Langston Hughes - As I Grew Older">As I Grew Older</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> It was a long time ago. <br/>I have almost forgotten my dream. <br/>But it was there then, <br/>In front of me, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/as-i-grew-older/" title="As I Grew Older">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/jenny-joseph/" title="Jenny Joseph"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">16.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/07/6807_k_2019.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Jenny Joseph </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/warning/" title="Jenny Joseph - Warning">Warning</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> When I am an old woman I shall wear purple <br/>With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. <br/>And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves <br/>And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/warning/" title="Warning">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/dylan-thomas/" title="Dylan Thomas"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">17.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/55/6655_k_3720.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Dylan Thomas </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/" title="Dylan Thomas - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night">Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Do not go gentle into that good night, <br/>Old age should burn and rave at close of day; <br/>Rage, rage against the dying of the light. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/" title="Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/pablo-neruda/" title="Pablo Neruda"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">18.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/38/6638_k_9883.gif"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Pablo Neruda </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/don-t-go-far-off/" title="Pablo Neruda - Don'T Go Far Off">Don'T Go Far Off</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Don't go far off, not even for a day, because - <br/>because - I don't know how to say it: a day is long <br/>and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station <br/>when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/don-t-go-far-off/" title="Don'T Go Far Off">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/edgar-allan-poe/" title="Edgar Allan Poe"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">19.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/94/3094_k_2785.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Edgar Allan Poe </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/alone-5/" title="Edgar Allan Poe - Alone">Alone</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> From childhood's hour I have not been <br/> As others were; I have not seen <br/> As others saw; I could not bring <br/> My passions from a common spring. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/alone-5/" title="Alone">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-ernest-henley/" title="William Ernest Henley"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">20.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/6577_k_4636.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Ernest Henley </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/invictus/" title="William Ernest Henley - Invictus">Invictus</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Out of the night that covers me, <br/>Black as the Pit from pole to pole, <br/>I thank whatever gods may be <br/>For my unconquerable soul. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/invictus/" title="Invictus">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roger-mcgough/" title="Roger McGough"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">21.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/6667_k_2072.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roger McGough </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/let-me-die-a-youngman-s-death/" title="Roger McGough - Let Me Die A Youngman's Death">Let Me Die A Youngman's Death</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Let me die a youngman's death <br/>not a clean and inbetween <br/>the sheets holywater death <br/>not a famous-last-words <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/let-me-die-a-youngman-s-death/" title="Let Me Die A Youngman's Death">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-shakespeare/" title="William Shakespeare"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">22.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/3069_k_8085.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Shakespeare </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/all-the-world-s-a-stage/" title="William Shakespeare - All The World's A Stage">All The World's A Stage</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> All the world's a stage, <br/>And all the men and women merely players; <br/>They have their exits and their entrances, <br/>And one man in his time plays many parts, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/all-the-world-s-a-stage/" title="All The World's A Stage">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/emily-dickinson/" title="Emily Dickinson"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">23.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/53/3053_k_9386.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Emily Dickinson </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers/" title="Emily Dickinson - Hope Is The Thing With Feathers">Hope Is The Thing With Feathers</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> 'Hope' is the thing with feathers— <br/>That perches in the soul— <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers/" title="Hope Is The Thing With Feathers">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-blake/" title="William Blake"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">24.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/26/3026_k_3457.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Blake </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-poison-tree/" title="William Blake - A Poison Tree">A Poison Tree</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I was angry with my friend: <br/>I told my wrath, my wrath did end. <br/>I was angry with my foe: <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-poison-tree/" title="A Poison Tree">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/langston-hughes/" title="Langston Hughes"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">25.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/6691_k_9416.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Langston Hughes </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/mother-to-son/" title="Langston Hughes - Mother To Son">Mother To Son</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Well, son, I'll tell you: <br/>Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. <br/>It's had tacks in it, <br/>And splinters, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/mother-to-son/" title="Mother To Son">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-wordsworth/" title="William Wordsworth"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">26.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/3067_k_3529.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Wordsworth </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud-daffodils/" title="William Wordsworth - I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils)">I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils)</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I wandered lonely as a cloud <br/>That floats on high o'er vales and hills, <br/>When all at once I saw a crowd, <br/>A host, of golden daffodils; <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud-daffodils/" title="I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils)">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/howard-simon/" title="Howard Simon"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">27.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/17/618317_k_1547.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Howard Simon </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-choose-the-mountain/" title="Howard Simon - ~ I Choose The Mountain~">~ I Choose The Mountain~</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The low lands call <br/>I am tempted to answer <br/>They are offering me a free dwelling <br/>Without having to conquer <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-choose-the-mountain/" title="~ I Choose The Mountain~">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-donne/" title="John Donne"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">28.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/54/3054_k_7576.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Donne </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/no-man-is-an-island/" title="John Donne - No Man Is An Island">No Man Is An Island</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> No man is an island, <br/>Entire of itself, <br/>Every man is a piece of the continent, <br/>A part of the main. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/no-man-is-an-island/" title="No Man Is An Island">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/elizabeth-barrett-browning/" title="Elizabeth Barrett Browning"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">29.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/35/3035_k_5676.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Elizabeth Barrett Browning </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/how-do-i-love-thee/" title="Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Love Thee?">How Do I Love Thee?</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. <br/>I love thee to the depth and breadth and height <br/>My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight <br/>For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/how-do-i-love-thee/" title="How Do I Love Thee?">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roger-mcgough/" title="Roger McGough"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">30.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/6667_k_2072.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roger McGough </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-lesson/" title="Roger McGough - The Lesson">The Lesson</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Chaos ruled OK in the classroom <br/>as bravely the teacher walked in <br/>the nooligans ignored him <br/>his voice was lost in the din <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-lesson/" title="The Lesson">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/derek-walcott/" title="Derek Walcott"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">31.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/03/12403_k_6668.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Derek Walcott </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/love-after-love/" title="Derek Walcott - Love After Love">Love After Love</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The time will come <br/>when, with elation <br/>you will greet yourself arriving <br/>at your own door, in your own mirror <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/love-after-love/" title="Love After Love">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/walt-whitman/" title="Walt Whitman"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">32.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/08/3108_k_6889.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Walt Whitman </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/o-captain-my-captain/" title="Walt Whitman - O Captain! My Captain!">O Captain! My Captain!</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; <br/> The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; <br/> The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/o-captain-my-captain/" title="O Captain! My Captain!">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/charles-bukowski/" title="Charles Bukowski"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">33.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/6832_k_3587.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Charles Bukowski </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-smile-to-remember/" title="Charles Bukowski - A Smile To Remember">A Smile To Remember</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> we had goldfish and they circled around and around <br/>in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes <br/>covering the picture window and <br/>my mother, always smiling, wanting us all <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-smile-to-remember/" title="A Smile To Remember">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">34.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/85/3085_k_92.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-psalm-of-life/" title="Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - A Psalm Of Life">A Psalm Of Life</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Tell me not, in mournful numbers, <br/>Life is but an empty dream! <br/>For the soul is dead that slumbers, <br/>And things are not what they seem. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-psalm-of-life/" title="A Psalm Of Life">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/emily-dickinson/" title="Emily Dickinson"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">35.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/53/3053_k_9386.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Emily Dickinson </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/why-do-i-love-you-sir/" title="Emily Dickinson - "Why Do I Love" You, Sir?">"Why Do I Love" You, Sir?</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> 480 <br/> <br/>"Why do I love" You, Sir? <br/>Because— <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/why-do-i-love-you-sir/" title=""Why Do I Love" You, Sir?">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/alfred-noyes/" title="Alfred Noyes"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">36.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/43/6643_k_5022.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Alfred Noyes </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-highwayman/" title="Alfred Noyes - The Highwayman">The Highwayman</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees, <br/>The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, <br/>The road was a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor, <br/>And the highwayman came riding- <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-highwayman/" title="The Highwayman">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/spike-milligan/" title="Spike Milligan"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">37.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/60/6660_k_1481.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Spike Milligan </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/on-the-ning-nang-nong/" title="Spike Milligan - On The Ning Nang Nong">On The Ning Nang Nong</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> On the Ning Nang Nong <br/>Where the Cows go Bong! <br/>and the monkeys all say BOO! <br/>There's a Nong Nang Ning <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/on-the-ning-nang-nong/" title="On The Ning Nang Nong">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-shakespeare/" title="William Shakespeare"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">38.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/3069_k_8085.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Shakespeare </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-fairy-song/" title="William Shakespeare - A Fairy Song">A Fairy Song</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Over hill, over dale, <br/>Thorough bush, thorough brier, <br/>Over park, over pale, <br/>Thorough flood, thorough fire! <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-fairy-song/" title="A Fairy Song">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/emily-dickinson/" title="Emily Dickinson"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">39.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/53/3053_k_9386.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Emily Dickinson </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/nature-is-what-we-see/" title="Emily Dickinson - 'Nature' Is What We See">'Nature' Is What We See</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> 668 <br/> <br/>'Nature' is what we see— <br/>The Hill—the Afternoon— <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/nature-is-what-we-see/" title="'Nature' Is What We See">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/christina-georgina-rossetti/" title="Christina Georgina Rossetti"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">40.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/96/3096_k_887.jpeg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Christina Georgina Rossetti </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/remember/" title="Christina Georgina Rossetti - Remember">Remember</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Remember me when I am gone away, <br/> Gone far away into the silent land; <br/> When you can no more hold me by the hand, <br/> Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/remember/" title="Remember">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/charles-bukowski/" title="Charles Bukowski"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">41.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/6832_k_3587.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Charles Bukowski </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/alone-with-everybody/" title="Charles Bukowski - Alone With Everybody">Alone With Everybody</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> the flesh covers the bone <br/>and they put a mind <br/>in there and <br/>sometimes a soul, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/alone-with-everybody/" title="Alone With Everybody">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-keats/" title="John Keats"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">42.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/56/3156_k_9073.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Keats </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-thing-of-beauty-endymion/" title="John Keats - A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion)">A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion)</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: <br/>Its lovliness increases; it will never <br/>Pass into nothingness; but still will keep <br/>A bower quiet for us, and a sleep <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-thing-of-beauty-endymion/" title="A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion)">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roger-mcgough/" title="Roger McGough"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">43.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/67/6667_k_2072.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roger McGough </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/first-day-at-school/" title="Roger McGough - First Day At School">First Day At School</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> A millionbillionwillion miles from home <br/>Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?) <br/>Why are they all so big, other children? <br/>So noisy? So much at home they <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/first-day-at-school/" title="First Day At School">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roald-dahl/" title="Roald Dahl"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">44.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/64/6664_k_2893.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roald Dahl </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-pig/" title="Roald Dahl - The Pig">The Pig</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> In England once there lived a big <br/>And wonderfully clever pig. <br/>To everybody it was plain <br/>That Piggy had a massive brain. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-pig/" title="The Pig">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/joyce-kilmer/" title="Joyce Kilmer"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">45.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/3132_k_7622.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Joyce Kilmer </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/trees/" title="Joyce Kilmer - Trees">Trees</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I think that I shall never see <br/>A poem lovely as a tree. <br/>A tree whose hungry mouth is prest <br/>Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/trees/" title="Trees">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-shakespeare/" title="William Shakespeare"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">46.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/3069_k_8085.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Shakespeare </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summer-s-day-sonnet-18/" title="William Shakespeare - Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18)">Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18)</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? <br/>Thou art more lovely and more temperate. <br/>Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, <br/>And summer's lease hath all too short a date. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summer-s-day-sonnet-18/" title="Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18)">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-blake/" title="William Blake"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">47.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/26/3026_k_3457.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Blake </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-tyger-4/" title="William Blake - The Tyger">The Tyger</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, <br/>In the forests of the night, <br/>What immortal hand or eye <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-tyger-4/" title="The Tyger">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/dylan-thomas/" title="Dylan Thomas"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">48.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/55/6655_k_3720.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Dylan Thomas </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/and-death-shall-have-no-dominion/" title="Dylan Thomas - And Death Shall Have No Dominion">And Death Shall Have No Dominion</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> And death shall have no dominion. <br/>Dead man naked they shall be one <br/>With the man in the wind and the west moon; <br/>When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/and-death-shall-have-no-dominion/" title="And Death Shall Have No Dominion">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/percy-bysshe-shelley/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">49.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/3099_k_224.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Percy Bysshe Shelley </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/ozymandias/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias">Ozymandias</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I met a traveller from an antique land <br/>Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone <br/>Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, <br/>Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/ozymandias/" title="Ozymandias">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/michael-rosen/" title="Michael Rosen"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">50.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/83/6683_k_998.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Michael Rosen </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/chocolate-cake/" title="Michael Rosen - Chocolate Cake">Chocolate Cake</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I love chocolate cake. <br/>And when I was a boy <br/>I loved it even more. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/chocolate-cake/" title="Chocolate Cake">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/paul-laurence-dunbar/" title="Paul Laurence Dunbar"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">51.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/48/3148_k_5219.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Paul Laurence Dunbar </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/we-wear-the-mask/" title="Paul Laurence Dunbar - We Wear The Mask">We Wear The Mask</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> We wear the mask that grins and lies, <br/>It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- <br/>This debt we pay to human guile; <br/>With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/we-wear-the-mask/" title="We Wear The Mask">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/gwendolyn-brooks/" title="Gwendolyn Brooks"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">52.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/96/12896_k_3098.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Gwendolyn Brooks </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/we-real-cool/" title="Gwendolyn Brooks - We Real Cool">We Real Cool</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> We real cool. We <br/>Left school. We <br/>Lurk late. We <br/>Strike straight. We <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/we-real-cool/" title="We Real Cool">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/muzahidul-reza/" title="Muzahidul Reza"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">53.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/97/2269697_k_1313.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Muzahidul Reza </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/mediterranean-girls-war-phobia/" title="Muzahidul Reza - Mediterranean Girl's War Phobia">Mediterranean Girl's War Phobia</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport<br/>I travel the world<br/>Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome, <br/>Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/mediterranean-girls-war-phobia/" title="Mediterranean Girl's War Phobia">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/yoonoos-peerbocus/" title="yoonoos peerbocus"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">54.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="/assets/img/icon-user.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> yoonoos peerbocus </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-hint-at-what-is-beautiful/" title="yoonoos peerbocus - A Hint At What Is Beautiful?">A Hint At What Is Beautiful?</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Beautiful is the 'thank you' <br/>Wrapped with gratitude, <br/>Offered to peace prone people <br/>Who offer what is real-themselves <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-hint-at-what-is-beautiful/" title="A Hint At What Is Beautiful?">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/charles-bukowski/" title="Charles Bukowski"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">55.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/32/6832_k_3587.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Charles Bukowski </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/bluebird/" title="Charles Bukowski - Bluebird">Bluebird</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> there's a bluebird in my heart that <br/>wants to get out <br/>but I'm too tough for him, <br/>I say, stay in there, I'm not going <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/bluebird/" title="Bluebird">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-keats/" title="John Keats"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">56.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/56/3156_k_9073.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Keats </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/bright-star/" title="John Keats - Bright Star">Bright Star</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art- <br/> Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night <br/> And watching, with eternal lids apart, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/bright-star/" title="Bright Star">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/billy-collins/" title="Billy Collins"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">57.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/21/8221_k_5073.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Billy Collins </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/forgetfulness/" title="Billy Collins - Forgetfulness">Forgetfulness</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The name of the author is the first to go <br/>followed obediently by the title, the plot, <br/>the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel <br/>which suddenly becomes one you have never read, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/forgetfulness/" title="Forgetfulness">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/elizabeth-bishop/" title="Elizabeth Bishop"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">58.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/05/6705_k_9048.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Elizabeth Bishop </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/one-art/" title="Elizabeth Bishop - One Art">One Art</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The art of losing isn't hard to master; <br/>so many things seem filled with the intent <br/>to be lost that their loss is no disaster, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/one-art/" title="One Art">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/vikram-seth/" title="Vikram Seth"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">59.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/41/6741_k_1121.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Vikram Seth </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/all-you-who-sleep-tonight/" title="Vikram Seth - All You Who Sleep Tonight">All You Who Sleep Tonight</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> All you who sleep tonight <br/>Far from the ones you love, <br/>No hand to left or right <br/>And emptiness above - <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/all-you-who-sleep-tonight/" title="All You Who Sleep Tonight">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/robert-burns/" title="Robert Burns"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">60.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/39/3039_k_4443.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Robert Burns </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-red-red-rose/" title="Robert Burns - A Red, Red Rose">A Red, Red Rose</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> O my Luve's like a red, red rose <br/>That's newly sprung in June; <br/>O my Luve's like the melodie <br/>That's sweetly play'd in tune. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-red-red-rose/" title="A Red, Red Rose">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/benjamin-zephaniah/" title="Benjamin Zephaniah"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">61.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/69/6669_k_9918.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Benjamin Zephaniah </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-british/" title="Benjamin Zephaniah - The British">The British</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Take some Picts, Celts and Silures <br/>And let them settle, <br/>Then overrun them with Roman conquerors. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-british/" title="The British">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-donne/" title="John Donne"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">62.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/54/3054_k_7576.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Donne </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/death-be-not-proud/" title="John Donne - Death Be Not Proud">Death Be Not Proud</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Death be not proud, though some have called thee <br/>Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe, <br/>For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, <br/>Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/death-be-not-proud/" title="Death Be Not Proud">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/alexander-sergeyevich-pushkin/" title="Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">63.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/17/3117_k_1218.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-loved-you-2/" title="Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin - I Loved You">I Loved You</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I loved you, and I probably still do, <br/>And for a while the feeling may remain... <br/>But let my love no longer trouble you, <br/>I do not wish to cause you any pain. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-loved-you-2/" title="I Loved You">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/wilfred-owen/" title="Wilfred Owen"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">64.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/3129_k_5233.Owen1.gif"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Wilfred Owen </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/dulce-et-decorum-est/" title="Wilfred Owen - Dulce Et Decorum Est">Dulce Et Decorum Est</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, <br/>Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, <br/>Till on the haunting flares we turned out backs, <br/>And towards our distant rest began to trudge. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/dulce-et-decorum-est/" title="Dulce Et Decorum Est">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/roald-dahl/" title="Roald Dahl"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">65.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/64/6664_k_2893.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Roald Dahl </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/hot-and-cold/" title="Roald Dahl - Hot And Cold">Hot And Cold</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> A woman who my mother knows <br/>Came in and took off all her clothes. <br/> <br/>Said I, not being very old, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/hot-and-cold/" title="Hot And Cold">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/lewis-carroll/" title="Lewis Carroll"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">66.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/45/3045_k_8148.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Lewis Carroll </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/jabberwocky/" title="Lewis Carroll - Jabberwocky">Jabberwocky</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves <br/>Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: <br/>All mimsy were the borogoves, <br/>And the mome raths outgrabe. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/jabberwocky/" title="Jabberwocky">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/ella-wheeler-wilcox/" title="Ella Wheeler Wilcox"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">67.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/6699_k_1876.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Ella Wheeler Wilcox </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/solitude/" title="Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Solitude">Solitude</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Laugh, and the world laughs with you; <br/>Weep, and you weep alone. <br/>For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, <br/>But has trouble enough of its own. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/solitude/" title="Solitude">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/percy-bysshe-shelley/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">68.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/99/3099_k_224.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Percy Bysshe Shelley </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/love-s-philosophy/" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love's Philosophy">Love's Philosophy</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The fountains mingle with the river, <br/> And the rivers with the ocean; <br/>The winds of heaven mix forever <br/> With a sweet emotion; <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/love-s-philosophy/" title="Love's Philosophy">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/chinedu-dike/" title="Chinedu Dike"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">69.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/27/2058727_k_3127.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Chinedu Dike </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/mandela-the-immortal-icon/" title="Chinedu Dike - Mandela - The Immortal Icon">Mandela - The Immortal Icon</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus! <br/>Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence. <br/>Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus; <br/>Unruffled he declares before High Justice: <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/mandela-the-immortal-icon/" title="Mandela - The Immortal Icon">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/marge-piercy/" title="Marge Piercy"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">70.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/35/6635_k_7917.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Marge Piercy </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/barbie-doll/" title="Marge Piercy - Barbie Doll">Barbie Doll</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> This girlchild was born as usual <br/>and presented dolls that did pee-pee <br/>and miniature GE stoves and irons <br/>and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/barbie-doll/" title="Barbie Doll">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/dr-antony-theodore/" title="Dr. Antony Theodore"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">71.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/23/1035123_k_223.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Dr. Antony Theodore </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/if-you-die-before-me/" title="Dr. Antony Theodore - If You Die Before Me">If You Die Before Me</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> If you die before me <br/>I would jump down into your grave <br/>and hug you so innocently <br/>that angels will become jealous. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/if-you-die-before-me/" title="If You Die Before Me">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/muzahidul-reza/" title="Muzahidul Reza"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">72.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/97/2269697_k_1313.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Muzahidul Reza </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-animal-state-imagery-allegory-and-satire/" title="Muzahidul Reza - The Animal State (Imagery, Allegory And Satire)">The Animal State (Imagery, Allegory And Satire)</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> No earthquake, no thunder, no volcanic eruption <br/>Or even there was not any of other natural calamities, <br/>A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush <br/>With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-animal-state-imagery-allegory-and-satire/" title="The Animal State (Imagery, Allegory And Satire)">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/jack-prelutsky/" title="Jack Prelutsky"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">73.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/11077_k_4583.jpeg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Jack Prelutsky </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/be-glad-your-nose-is-on-your-face/" title="Jack Prelutsky - Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face">Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Be glad your nose is on your face, <br/>not pasted on some other place, <br/>for if it were where it is not, <br/>you might dislike your nose a lot. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/be-glad-your-nose-is-on-your-face/" title="Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/edwin-arlington-robinson/" title="Edwin Arlington Robinson"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">74.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/50/3150_k_5061.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Edwin Arlington Robinson </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/richard-cory/" title="Edwin Arlington Robinson - Richard Cory">Richard Cory</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Whenever Richard Cory went down town, <br/>We people on the pavement looked at him: <br/>He was a gentleman from sole to crown, <br/>Clean favored, and imperially slim. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/richard-cory/" title="Richard Cory">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/jack-prelutsky/" title="Jack Prelutsky"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">75.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/77/11077_k_4583.jpeg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Jack Prelutsky </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/last-night-i-dreamed-of-chickens/" title="Jack Prelutsky - Last Night I Dreamed Of Chickens">Last Night I Dreamed Of Chickens</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Last night I dreamed of chickens, <br/>there were chickens everywhere, <br/>they were standing on my stomach, <br/>they were nesting in my hair, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/last-night-i-dreamed-of-chickens/" title="Last Night I Dreamed Of Chickens">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-blake/" title="William Blake"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">76.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/26/3026_k_3457.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Blake </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/auguries-of-innocence/" title="William Blake - Auguries Of Innocence">Auguries Of Innocence</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> To see a World in a Grain of Sand <br/>And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, <br/>Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand <br/>And Eternity in an hour. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/auguries-of-innocence/" title="Auguries Of Innocence">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/ogden-nash/" title="Ogden Nash"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">77.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/37/6637_k_1588.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Ogden Nash </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/adventures-of-isabel/" title="Ogden Nash - Adventures Of Isabel">Adventures Of Isabel</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Isabel met an enormous bear, <br/>Isabel, Isabel, didn't care; <br/>The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous, <br/>The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/adventures-of-isabel/" title="Adventures Of Isabel">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/elizabeth-bishop/" title="Elizabeth Bishop"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">78.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/05/6705_k_9048.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Elizabeth Bishop </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-am-in-need-of-music/" title="Elizabeth Bishop - I Am In Need Of Music">I Am In Need Of Music</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I am in need of music that would flow <br/>Over my fretful, feeling fingertips, <br/>Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, <br/>With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-am-in-need-of-music/" title="I Am In Need Of Music">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-butler-yeats/" title="William Butler Yeats"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">79.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/57/3057_k_664.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Butler Yeats </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/when-you-are-old/" title="William Butler Yeats - When You Are Old">When You Are Old</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, <br/>And nodding by the fire, take down this book, <br/>And slowly read, and dream of the soft look <br/>Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/when-you-are-old/" title="When You Are Old">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/margaret-atwood/" title="Margaret Atwood"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">80.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/80/6680_k_3670.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Margaret Atwood </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-sad-child/" title="Margaret Atwood - A Sad Child">A Sad Child</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> You're sad because you're sad. <br/>It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical. <br/>Go see a shrink or take a pill, <br/>or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-sad-child/" title="A Sad Child">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/walt-whitman/" title="Walt Whitman"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">81.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/08/3108_k_6889.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Walt Whitman </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-clear-midnight/" title="Walt Whitman - A Clear Midnight">A Clear Midnight</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, <br/> Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, <br/> Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou <br/> lovest best. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-clear-midnight/" title="A Clear Midnight">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/spike-milligan/" title="Spike Milligan"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">82.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/60/6660_k_1481.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Spike Milligan </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-silly-poem/" title="Spike Milligan - A Silly Poem">A Silly Poem</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Said Hamlet to Ophelia, <br/>I'll draw a sketch of thee, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-silly-poem/" title="A Silly Poem">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/billy-collins/" title="Billy Collins"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">83.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/21/8221_k_5073.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Billy Collins </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/introduction-to-poetry/" title="Billy Collins - Introduction To Poetry">Introduction To Poetry</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I ask them to take a poem <br/>and hold it up to the light <br/>like a color slide <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/introduction-to-poetry/" title="Introduction To Poetry">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-henry-davies/" title="William Henry Davies"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">84.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/62/6662_k_2589.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Henry Davies </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/leisure/" title="William Henry Davies - Leisure">Leisure</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> What is this life if, full of care, <br/>We have no time to stand and stare. <br/> <br/>No time to stand beneath the boughs <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/leisure/" title="Leisure">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/jazib-kamalvi/" title="Jazib Kamalvi"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">85.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="/assets/img/icon-user.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Jazib Kamalvi </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/love-and-lust-27/" title="Jazib Kamalvi - Love And Lust">Love And Lust</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Love and lust are poles apart. <br/> <br/>Lust is chaos, love is art. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/love-and-lust-27/" title="Love And Lust">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/billy-collins/" title="Billy Collins"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">86.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/21/8221_k_5073.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Billy Collins </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/another-reason-why-i-don-t-keep-a-gun-in-the-house/" title="Billy Collins - Another Reason Why I Don'T Keep A Gun In The House">Another Reason Why I Don'T Keep A Gun In The House</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The neighbors' dog will not stop barking. <br/>He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark <br/>that he barks every time they leave the house. <br/>They must switch him on on their way out. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/another-reason-why-i-don-t-keep-a-gun-in-the-house/" title="Another Reason Why I Don'T Keep A Gun In The House">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/dorothy-parker/" title="Dorothy Parker"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">87.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/40/6640_k_9837.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Dorothy Parker </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/a-very-short-song/" title="Dorothy Parker - A Very Short Song">A Very Short Song</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Once, when I was young and true, <br/> Someone left me sad- <br/>Broke my brittle heart in two; <br/> And that is very bad. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/a-very-short-song/" title="A Very Short Song">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-clare/" title="John Clare"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">88.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/98/6598_k_9261.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Clare </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/i-am/" title="John Clare - I Am">I Am</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, <br/>My friends forsake me like a memory lost; <br/>I am the self-consumer of my woes, <br/>They rise and vanish in oblivious host, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/i-am/" title="I Am">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-butler-yeats/" title="William Butler Yeats"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">89.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/57/3057_k_664.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Butler Yeats </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/he-wishes-for-the-cloths-of-heaven/" title="William Butler Yeats - He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven">He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths, <br/>Enwrought with golden and silver light, <br/>The blue and the dim and the dark cloths <br/>Of night and light and the half-light, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/he-wishes-for-the-cloths-of-heaven/" title="He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/ernestine-northover/" title="Ernestine Northover"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">90.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/98729_k_8876.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Ernestine Northover </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/hold-you-in-my-smile/" title="Ernestine Northover - Hold You In My Smile">Hold You In My Smile</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Sweet moment, stay with me, <br/>and pray do not flee so soon, <br/>Let me enjoy the bliss of that <br/>first kiss beneath the moon. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/hold-you-in-my-smile/" title="Hold You In My Smile">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/john-milton/" title="John Milton"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">91.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/3091_k_6451.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> John Milton </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/on-his-blindness/" title="John Milton - On His Blindness">On His Blindness</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> When I consider how my light is spent <br/>Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, <br/>And that one talent which is death to hide <br/>Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/on-his-blindness/" title="On His Blindness">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/siegfried-sassoon/" title="Siegfried Sassoon"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">92.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/72/6672_k_1037.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Siegfried Sassoon </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/suicide-in-the-trenches/" title="Siegfried Sassoon - Suicide In The Trenches">Suicide In The Trenches</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I knew a simple soldier boy <br/>Who grinned at life in empty joy, <br/>Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, <br/>And whistled early with the lark. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/suicide-in-the-trenches/" title="Suicide In The Trenches">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/wilfred-owen/" title="Wilfred Owen"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">93.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/29/3129_k_5233.Owen1.gif"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Wilfred Owen </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/anthem-for-doomed-youth/" title="Wilfred Owen - Anthem For Doomed Youth">Anthem For Doomed Youth</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? <br/>Only the monstrous anger of the guns. <br/>Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle <br/>Can patter out their hasty orisons. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/anthem-for-doomed-youth/" title="Anthem For Doomed Youth">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/matthew-arnold/" title="Matthew Arnold"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">94.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/09/3009_k_7481.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Matthew Arnold </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/dover-beach/" title="Matthew Arnold - Dover Beach">Dover Beach</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> The sea is calm to-night. <br/>The tide is full, the moon lies fair <br/>Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light <br/>Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/dover-beach/" title="Dover Beach">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/judith-viorst/" title="Judith Viorst"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">95.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/92/6692_k_4390.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Judith Viorst </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/if-i-were-in-charge-of-the-world/" title="Judith Viorst - If I Were In Charge Of The World">If I Were In Charge Of The World</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> If I were in charge of the world <br/>I'd cancel oatmeal, <br/>Monday mornings, <br/>Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg. <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/if-i-were-in-charge-of-the-world/" title="If I Were In Charge Of The World">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/howard-simon/" title="Howard Simon"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">96.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/17/618317_k_1547.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Howard Simon </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/the-power-of-a-tear/" title="Howard Simon - ~the Power Of A Tear~">~the Power Of A Tear~</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> Pounds of pain punctured my progress <br/>Tons of trouble terminated my tranquility <br/>Swarms of stress subtracted my substance <br/>My heart exploded like a thousand thunders <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/the-power-of-a-tear/" title="~the Power Of A Tear~">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/william-carlos-williams/" title="William Carlos Williams"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">97.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/91/6591_k_1663.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> William Carlos Williams </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/this-is-just-to-say/" title="William Carlos Williams - This Is Just To Say">This Is Just To Say</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> I have eaten <br/>the plums <br/>that were in <br/>the icebox <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/this-is-just-to-say/" title="This Is Just To Say">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/naseer-ahmed-nasir/" title="Naseer Ahmed Nasir"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">98.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="/assets/img/icon-user.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Naseer Ahmed Nasir </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/dreams-lost-in-water/" title="Naseer Ahmed Nasir - Dreams Lost In Water">Dreams Lost In Water</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> No distance ever separates <br/>Dreams and desires <br/>No mirror ever dissolves <br/>Reflection and water <br/>... </p> <div class="phBoxBottom phbti pBottomZero"> <div class="phBoxContinue txtc purpleLink"><a href="/poem/dreams-lost-in-water/" title="Dreams Lost In Water">Read Poem <span class="brdc"></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="phList"> <a href="/spike-milligan/" title="Spike Milligan"> <div class="phlRow"> <span class="phlNumber">99.</span> <span class="phlImage lazyload" data-original="https://img.poemhunter.com/i/p/60/6660_k_1481.jpg"></span> <div class="phlText"> <span> Spike Milligan </span> </div> </div> </a> <div class="phlRow"> <div class="phlTitle"><a href="/poem/have-a-nice-day/" title="Spike Milligan - Have A Nice Day">Have A Nice Day</a></div> </div> <p class="phContent phcText phTop500PoemsContent"> 'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.' <br/>'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore. <br/>'Help, help, ' said the man. 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