Poetry Catalog

The adults arrivedand I am sorry for younot like real sorrylike ~ this has to be done, sorryNew Zealand cannot sustain your grifting stance, your dishonest glanceAnd, yes, you do know better, Lau DawdyYou see, we thought that you didn't and we were kindgiving you space to change your mindlike every other KiwiSo, bear with us now, as we did youNew Zealand, finally, in not few … [Read more...] about Waiata, By: Jacqueline Walter

Stranger! this hillock of mis-shapen stonesIs not a Ruin spared or made by time,Nor, as perchance thou rashly deem'st, the CairnOf some old British Chief: 'tis nothing moreThan the rude embryo of a little DomeOr Pleasure-house, once destined to be builtAmong the birch-trees of this rocky isle.But, as it chanced, Sir William having learnedThat from the shore a full-grown man … [Read more...] about Inscriptions Written With A Slate Pencil Upon A Stone, By: William Wordsworth

Harsh climatedigging potatoesscraped knucklesdirt in my shoes,a baby Copperhead rolled outof a hole i had dug.I'm so glad he didn't bite me.More spuds for supper. … [Read more...] about Potato Digger, By: Mary Bone

youth millingin large group by petrol registertalks loudly abouthow his hanging attempthad gotten thwarted; first spring blossoms little free libraryParadise Loststrewn on sidewalk...return volume to its shelfshould be reviewing show of lifetime…Kelsey Grammers off stagebreaking crown –crowd exits, eagerly speculate aboutlook forward to replacement watched … [Read more...] about White Noise, By: Jerome Berglund

Pacing through an all-beloved forest,rendered nonplussed by my failure to recognise its beauty,I wandered through the labyrinth in perplexity,until I stumbled upon this creature. It was neither pretty nor ugly,It was neither perfect nor imperfect,It was either a daydream craft or a beast.I had apparently stumbled upon my reflection. Transfixed by this scaringly solemn … [Read more...] about My Bestial Shadow, By: Harold Akomolafe