Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "The Best Cigarette" with animation by David Vaio of FAD. Noted for their intelligent humor,...

(Horatian Ode in Iambic Pentameter with ababcdecde Rhyme Scheme)

The tranquillity of valley hills,
Allows the mind to wander like the clouds,
Above the tree tops with their...

The Rhythm of Picking Sides
by MrDaMan
Virgil R. Hall II (Randy)

Circles of energy, electric anger in love…
The falling sky, ominous and foreboding presses gravity upon
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Winter has gone

at last into retreat

and spring is here;

The sky is blue

with little cloud now,

has given the Pacific flow

into Whangaparaoa Bay

its colour too;

...

A poem of undying love that perhaps most lovers would like to have, but only few really have, by Don Marquis.  This is one among the selection of  "Poems That Live Forever" by...

This senior Eagle Scout, his only thoughts were of, Sturgeon,Salmon and Trout. Breathing sawdust this cabinet maker, took the task to perfection, forever a giver never a taker. He rose at dawn...

My ship is waiting and I have to go. Yes, this is our farewell. I won't say I'll Return, sweet Princess. But I won't forget The fairest of the maids who dropped their veils And laundry baskets...

I have to brush and floss and clip each nail, take aspirin, vitamins to ward off ills, clear gutters, flip the mattress, sort my mail. I can't forget to pay the rent and bills. It's time...

What primal pulse propels the starry dust to fill the seeming void? Throughout the vast expanding universe that vibrant gust elates, enthralls all in its bursting blast. What constant...