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From the Fairy Queen
By Edmund Spenser Lo I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske,As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds,Am now enforst a far unfitter taske,For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds,And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds;Whose prayses having slept in silence long,Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areedsTo blazon broad emongst […]
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From the True Born Englishman
By Daniel Defoe Thus from a mixture of all kinds began,That het’rogeneous thing, an Englishman:In eager rapes, and furious lust begot,Betwixt a painted Britain and a Scot.Whose gend’ring off-spring quickly learn’d to bow,And yoke their heifers to the Roman plough:From whence a mongrel half-bred race there came,With neither name, nor nation, speech nor fame.In whose […]
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Renewed Slavery
Nobody wants to remember How men were once enslaved. Freed people re-tangled and crushed. Nobody wants to remember Soul broken; will stripped. If democracy is freedom Then the demons of leadership are crazy. If democracy is freedom I bet some slaves were more free. I remember, There were some, well fed slaves. Today, all men […]
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the most important poets in British history and has been established as one of the most significant political poets during the renaissance period. He was born in Hayes Barton, Devonshire to a protestant family by Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was involved in several military expeditions from his […]
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A Farewell to False Love
By Sir Walter Raleigh Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies,A mortal foe and enemy to rest,An envious boy, from whom all cares arise,A bastard vile, a beast with rage possessed,A way of error, a temple full of treason,In all effects contrary unto reason. A poisoned serpent covered all with flowers,Mother of sighs, and murderer […]
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As you came from Holy Land
By Sir Walter Raleigh As you came from the holy landOf Walsingham,Met you not with my true loveBy the way as you came? “How shall I know your true love,That have met many one,I went to the holy land,That have come, that have gone?” She is neither white, nor brown,But as the heavens fair;There is […]
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Andrew Barton Peterson
Andrew Barton Peterson also known as Banjo was an Australian Poet, Journalist and Author. He lived from 1864-1941. He wrote many poems about rural life in Australia. He was born in New South Wales in a commune near Orange. He received his early education at a school in Binalong. In 1874 he was enrolled at […]
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My Religion
By Banjo Peterson Let Romanists all at the Confessional kneel,Let the Jew with disgust turn from it,Let the mighty Crown Prelate in Church pander zeal,Let the Mussulman worship Mahomet. From all these I differ—truly wise is my plan,With my doctrine, perhaps, you’ll agree,To be upright and downright and act like a man,That’s the religion for […]
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The Dying Storkman
By Banjo Peterson A strapping young stockman lay dying,His saddle supporting his head;His two mates around him were crying,As he rose on his pillow and said: “Wrap me up with my stockwhip and blanket,And bury me deep down below,Where the dingoes and crows can’t molest me,In the shade where the coolibahs grow.“Oh! had I the […]
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The Man from Snowy River
By Andrew Barton Peterson There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from Old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses – he was worth a thousand pound, So, all the cracks had gathered to the fray. All the tried and noted riders from […]
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is regarded as one of the finest poets in Canada. Born November 18 1939 in Ottawa Canada and obtained her Bachelors of Art at Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her Masters of Art degree at Radcliff College in Cambridge Massachusetts. She has published several books of poetry, Essays, short stories […]
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For Archeologists
By Margarete Atwood Deep under, far back The early horses run O rock/ the buffalo, the deer The other animals (extinct) Run with spears in their backs Made with blood, with colored Dirt, with smoke, not meant To be seen but to remain There hidden, potent In the dark, the link between The buried will […]
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The Animal in that Country
By Margarete Atwood In that country the animals have the faces of people: the ceremonial cats possessing the streets the fox run politely to earth, the huntsmen standing around him, fixed in their tapestry of manners the bull, embroidered with blood and given an elegant death, trumpets, his name stamped on him, heraldic brand because […]
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The Devil Man
The Man in the Cassock came preaching of the Devil man from his vision. He is coming for your soul, he said, but we must hold him down by praying. He said pray! That is your weapon. The Devil should be bind and casted into the lake of fire, of evalasting torment. We must capture […]
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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American Poet and a powerful voice for the black American movement in the united state. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri as Marguerite Johnson. Her contribution to poetry will become one of the most powerful piece of work by any Poet.
POETISHES
Poetry is the spice of Rationality. It is the almost invincible vehicle of words and language.
POETISHES 