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").
“A Bond That Lasts”
Through childhood laughter, through whispered tears,We’ve walked together across the years.Siblings, friends, a steadfast guide,In you, my heart will..
© Sibling Day
“Forever in Us”
Time may move and seasons change,Yet your love remains unchanged.In who we are, in what we choose,In every path we dare to use.Grandparents Day is..
© Grandparents Day
“What You Passed On”
You passed on more than just a name,You passed on courage, hope, and flame.In quiet acts, in how you cared,In every burden that you shared.Your love..
© Grandparents Day
“The House That Held Us”
Your home still echoes laughter’s sound,A place where safety always found.Warm meals, soft words, a guiding hand,The best parts of who I..
© Grandparents Day
“A Quiet Kind of Hero”
Not all heroes wear a crown,Some build lives without renown.You showed us love in simple ways,In ordinary, caring days.Through sacrifice and endless..
© Grandparents Day
“Time in Your Eyes”
I see whole lifetimes in your eyes,In gentle laughs and patient sighs.Each wrinkle tells a story true,Of dreams you chased, of battles too.You taught..
© Grandparents Day
“Roots of Love”
You are the roots beneath our feet,The steady ground where lives can meet.Through years of work, through quiet care,You built a world of love to..
© Grandparents Day
Minor Litany
This being a time confused and with few clear stars,Either private ones or public,Out of its darkness I make a litanyFor the lost, for the half-lost..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Nos Immortales
Perhaps we go with wind and cloud and sun,Into the free companionship of air;Perhaps with sunsets when the day is done,All's one to me -- I do not..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Falconer Of God
I flung my soul to the air like a falcon flying.I said, “Wait on, wait on, while I ride below!I shall start a heron soonIn the marsh beneath the..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Three Day's Ride
'From Belton Castle to Solway side,Hard by the bridge, is three days' ride.'We had fled full fast from her father's keep,And the time was come that..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Portrait Of A Boy
After the whipping he crawled into bed,Accepting the harsh fact with no great weeping.How funny uncle's hat had looked striped red!He chuckled..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The General Public
"Ah, did you once see Shelley plain?" -- Browning."Shelley? Oh, yes, I saw him often then,"The old man said. A dry smile creased his faceWith many..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The City Revisited
The grey gulls drift across the baySoftly and still as flakes of snowAgainst the thinning fog. All dayI sat and watched them come and go;And now at..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Portrait Of A Baby
He lay within a warm, soft worldOf motion. Colors bloomed and fled,Maroon and turquoise, saffron, red,Wave upon wave that broke and whirledTo vanish..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Drug-Shop, Or, Endymion In Edmonstoun
"Oh yes, I went over to Edmonstoun the other day and saw Johnny, mooning around as usual! He will never make his way."Letter of George Keats..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Fiddling Wood
Gods, what a black, fierce day! The clouds were iron,Wrenched to strange, rugged shapes; the red sun winkedOver the rough crest of the hairy woodIn..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Robert E. Lee
The man was loved, the man was idolized,The man had every just and noble gift.He took great burdens and he bore them well,Believed in God but did not..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Congressmen Came Out To See Bull Run
The congressmen came out to see Bull Run,The congressmen who like free shows and spectacles.They brought their wives and carriages along,They brought..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Hemp
(A Virginia Legend.)The Planting of the Hemp.Captain Hawk scourged clean the seas(Black is the gap below the plank)From the Great North Bank to the..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The White Peacock
(France -- Ancient Regime.)I.Go away!Go away; I will not confess to you!His black biretta clings like a hangman's cap; under his twitching fingers..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Winged Man
The moon, a sweeping scimitar, dipped in the stormy straits,The dawn, a crimson cataract, burst through the eastern gates,The cliffs were robed in..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Talk
Tobacco smoke drifts up to the dim ceilingFrom half a dozen pipes and cigarettes,Curling in endless shapes, in blue rings wheeling,As formless as our..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
Campus Sonnets: May Morning
I lie stretched out upon the window-seatAnd doze, and read a page or two, and doze,And feel the air like water on me close,Great waves of sunny air..
© Stephen Vincent Benet
The Quality Of Courage
Black trees against an orange sky,Trees that the wind shook terribly,Like a harsh spume along the road,Quavering up like withered arms,Writhing like..
© Stephen Vincent Benet