Poems

"How disappeared he?" Ask the newt and toad;Ask of his fellow-men, and they will tellHow he was found, cold as an icicle,Under an arch of that forlorn abode;Where he, unpropped, and by the gathering floodOf years hemmed round, had dwelt, prepared to tryPrivation's worst extremities, and dieWith no one near save the omnipresent God.Verily so to live was an awful choiceA choice … [Read more...] about The Brownie, By: William Wordsworth

I once worked for a feller, a gent who I liked really wellThe pay was good, the comp'ny too, the job fit perty swellBut he had this ole' red healer, a mangy cur named JoeAnd 'fore too long this much I knew: one of us had to go It was my first day in the outfit, and we was fixin' fenceWhen I had me my first skirmish, I wadn't left in suspenseI was sent to fetch the … [Read more...] about The Battle For Rainey-Crick Ranch, By: Patrick Davis

"These Tourists, heaven preserve us! needs must liveA profitable life: some glance along,Rapid and gay, as if the earth were air,And they were butterflies to wheel aboutLong as the summer lasted: some, as wise,Perched on the forehead of a jutting crag,Pencil in hand and book upon the knee,Will look and scribble, scribble on and look,Until a man might travel twelve stout … [Read more...] about The Brothers, By: William Wordsworth

"This is an intimate moment, don't you think?" I tell you that it is, but I laugh a little to myself. You don't seem like the sentimental type.Then again, we just met an hour ago and I blurted out I love you during our first time together.And now, every time I go to brush my teeth, I'm right back there -- in the suite at the Hampton where we rode out a blizzard on the night … [Read more...] about Toothbrush, By: Melinda Tauler

Fair Ellen Irwin, when she sateUpon the braes of Kirtle,Was lovely as a Grecian maidAdorned with wreaths of myrtle;Young Adam Bruce beside her lay,And there did they beguile the dayWith love and gentle speeches,Beneath the budding beeches. From many knights and many squiresThe Bruce had been selected;And Gordon, fairest of them all,By Ellen was rejected.Sad tidings to that … [Read more...] about The Braes Of Kirtle Or Ellen Irwin, By: William Wordsworth