For the upcoming Mother’s Day, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Rock Me to Sleep / by Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911)
For Muhammed Ali, who finds himself in this poem from poetryfoundation.org.
from 30th Birthday / by Alice Notley, b. 1945
Strong as the violets
in Marlon Brando’s fist
For memory and the upcoming mothers’ day, from poetryfoundation.org. The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180084
from A Dandelion for My Mother / by Jean Nordhaus b. 1939
For princesses, from Fairytale Review: The Mauve Issue.
from Six / by Rachel Zavecz
or the chime of moondrops dripping down her growths of crystalline-clear bone
For painted horses, from poets.org. You may read the rest of the poem here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/recall-carousel
from Recall the Carousel / by Laura Kasischke
They waved at us too many times to count.
Their dancing foals. Their lacquered mares. Even
a blue-eyed hunting hound
No Donne yet? From The Complete Poems of John Donne.
from The Dream / by John Donne
So, if I dream I have you, I have you
For clocks and towers, from The Best American Poetry, 2013.
from Albert Einstein / by Matthew Zapruder
and clearly it was all
beautiful guesses
For the last day of National Poetry Month, from Poem A Day, Vol 2. So sad to see you go.
from A Sick Child / by Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
I say, ” Well, thank you very much. Good-bye.”
For that bad dream I had last night with its own burial scene, from Selected Translations, by WS Merwin.
from The Corpse-Keeper / by Anonymous, Catalan, post-Renaissance
I change the shirt on him
Every holiday of the year.
I have anointed his face
With roses and white wine.
Still attempting no repetitions, so here’s a no-repeat for today, from Selected Translations by W.S. Merwin.
from The Tip of the Flame / by Jules Supervielle (French 1884-1960)
All through his life
He had liked to read
By a candle
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