Sorry I missed yesterday's poem. I always think I'll get through a year without missing a day. It has yet to happen.

The Lady of Shalott (1832)
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Methinks
by Pamela Milne

Protest too much,
says the queen of the lady
and they will suspect the opposite
of what you are saying.

So much the writing of a man
who thinks our No is a Yes
protestations are really agreement
complaints are but compliments

this poem is light and funny
I'm laughing so hard that
I can't stop.
Me don't ever think.

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Masks
by Shel Silverstein

She had blue skin.
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole life through,
Then passed right by -
And never knew.

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Requiem
By Anna Akhmatova

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The  Dry Salvages
by TS Eliot

I I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god - sullen, untamed and intractable, Patient to some degree, at first recognised as a frontier; Useful, untrustworthy, as a conveyer of commerce; Then only a problem confronting the builder of bridges. The problem once solved, the brown ( Read more... )

Servant of the Soilby Hafiz ( Read more... )

Ghazal, After FergusonBy Yusef Komunyakaa ( Read more... )

I used to do this thing where I posted a poem every day in April--April being National Poetry Month. I dropped of doing it the past few years, but I want to try again.

Don't Go Far Offby Pablo Neruda ( Read more... )