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").
John
Before he wrote a poem, he learned the measureThat living in the future gives a farm--Propinquity of mules and cows, the charmedInsouciance of hens..
© Edgar Bowers
The Stoic: For Laura Von Courten
All winter long you listened for the boomOf distant cannon wheeled into their place.Sometimes outside beneath a bombers’ moonYou stood alone to watch..
© Edgar Bowers
For Louis Pasteur
How shall a generation know its storyIf it will know no other? When, amongThe scoffers at the Institute, PasteurHeard one deny the cause of..
© Edgar Bowers
Amor Vincit Omnia
Love is no more.It died as the mind dies: the pure desireRelinquishing the blissful form it wore,The ample joy and clarity expire.Regret is vain.Then..
© Edgar Bowers
Pancake Party
Friends and family, big and small,Pancakes make us smile all.Flip, stack, eat, laugh, and play,Happy, happy Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
Shape Surprise
A heart pancake, a star so bright,Funny shapes are my delight!Eat them all — no time to stay,Yummy shapes on Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
Syrup Rain
Drip-drop syrup, slow and sweet,Sliding down my pancake treat.Sticky fingers, laugh and play,That’s how we do Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
Pancake Fun
Jump out of bed, it’s time to eat,Something warm and something sweet.Round and fluffy, bright and brown,Pancake smiles all around!
© National Pancake Day
Little Chef
Mix and pour and flip with care,I can help — I’m standing there!Mom says, “Wow!” Dad says, “Okay!”I’m the chef on Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
Morning Stack
One pancake, two pancake, three on top,Add some butter — let it drop!Sit, eat, smile, shout “Hooray!”Best day ever — Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
Happy Pancake
Round and warm and nice and sweet,Pancakes are my favorite treat.With some syrup, drip-drop-yay,Happy, happy Pancake Day!
© National Pancake Day
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