Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Flip and Fly
Flip the pancake, watch it fly,Up it goes into the sky!Catch it, stack it, on my plate,Pancake Day is really great!
© National Pancake Day
Syrup Silence
The table knows our tired hands,The years we don’t explain.We eat, we smile, we don’t pretend,Let sweetness ease the strain.Pancake Day — no need for..
© National Pancake Day
Comfort Food
Not every hunger is for love,Or fame, or something grand and loud.Sometimes it’s just a quiet plateThat says, you’re doing fine right now.Pancakes..
© National Pancake Day
Late Breakfast
No rush today, the clock can wait,The world can hum outside the door.Pancakes cool on ceramic plates,We’ve lived fast enough before.Let life be soft..
© National Pancake Day
Stacked Like Years
We stack our pancakes like our days,Some thin, some thick, some slightly burned.Sweet syrup hides the rougher edges,Butter melts where patience..
© National Pancake Day
Morning Ritual
Morning light, a quiet room,Coffee breathing gentle steam.Pancakes sizzle, soft and slow,Golden circles, warm and bold.Some pleasures don’t ask for..
© National Pancake Day
Vision Of Columbus - Book 6
Naval action of De Grasse and Graves. Capture of Cornwallis..Thus view'd the sage. When, lo, in eastern skies,From glooms unfolding, Gallia's coasts..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Vii
The ArgumentCoast of France rises in vision. Louis, to humble the British power, forms an alliance with the American states. This brings France..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Ix
The ArgumentVision suspended. Night scene, as contemplated from the mount of vision. Columbus inquires the reason of the slow progress of science..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus - Book 8
And now the Angel, from the trembling sight,Veil'd the wide world–when sudden shades of nightMove o'er the ethereal vault; the starry trainPaint..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus - Book 7
Hail sacred Peace, who claim'st thy bright abode,Mid circling saints that grace the throne of God.Before his arm, around the shapeless..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus - Book 4
In one dark age, beneath a single hand,Thus rose an empire in the savage land.Her golden seats, with following years, increase,Her growing nations..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus – Book 2
High o'er the changing scene, as thus he gazed,The indulgent Power his arm sublimely raised;When round the realms superior lustre flew,And call'd new..
© Joel Barlow
On The Discoveries Of Captain Lewis (January 14, 1807)
Let the Nile cloak his head in the clouds, and defyThe researches of science and time;Let the Niger escape the keen traveller's eye,By plunging or..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Iv
The ArgumentDestruction of Peru foretold. Grief of Columbus. He is comforte the promise of a vision of future ages. All Europe appears in vision...
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Vi
The ArgumentBritish cruelty to American prisoners. Prison Ship. Retreat of Washington with the relics of his army, pursued by Howe. Washington..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus - Book 9
Now, round the yielding canopy of shade,Again the Guide his heavenly power display'd.Sudden, the stars their trembling fires withdrew,Returning..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Ii
The ArgumentNatives of America appear in vision. Their manners and characters. Columbus demands the cause of the dissimilarity of men in different..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book Viii
The ArgumentHymn to Peace. Eulogy on the heroes slain in the war; in which the Author finds occasion to mention his Brother. Address to the patriots..
© Joel Barlow
Vision Of Columbus - Book 1
Long had the Sage, the first who dared to braveThe unknown dangers of the western wave,Who taught mankind where future empires layIn these fair..
© Joel Barlow
The Columbiad: Book X
The vision resumed, and extended over the whole earth. Present character of different nations. Future progress of society with respect to commerce;..
© Joel Barlow
Psalm Cxxxvii The Babylonian Captivity
ALONG the banks where Babel's current flowsOur captive bands in deep despondence stray'd,While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose,Her friends, her..
© Joel Barlow
The First American Congress
Columbus looked; and still around them spread,From south to north, th' immeasurable shade;At last, the central shadows burst away,And rising regions..
© Joel Barlow
Advice To A Raven In Russia (1812)
Black fool, why winter here? These frozen skies,Worn by your wings and deafen'd by your cries,Should warn you hence, where milder suns invite,And day..
© Joel Barlow
Epistle To The Honourable C. B.
When B*** invites me, and inviting sings,Instant I'd fly, (had heaven vouchsafed me wings)To hail him in that calm sequestered seat,Whence he looks..
© James Beattie