Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Where is the Giant of the Sun?, by Alfred Tennyson

Where is the Giant of the Sun, which stood
In...

The Jewel of the Secret Treasury, by Hafez

The jewel of the secret treasury
Is still the ...

Ode II, by Hafez

From the Divan The bird of gardens sang unto t...

Ode III, by Hafez

From the Divan Wind from the east, oh Lapwing...

Ode V, by Hafez

From the Divan Oh Turkish maid of Shiraz! In t...

Ode VIII, by Hafez

From the Divan The rose has flushed red, the ...

Ode IX, by Hafez

From the Divan Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass af...

Ode XIV, by Hafez

The nightingale with drops of his heart's blood...

Ode XV, by Hafez

From the Divan Return! That to a heart wounded...

Ode XVIII, by Hafez

From the Divan Slaves of thy shining eyes are ...

Ode XIX, by Hafez

From the Divan What drunkenness is this that b...

Ode XXI, by Hafez

From the Divan Not all the sum of earthly happ...

Ode XXIII, by Hafez

From the Divan My lady, that did change this ...

Ode XXIV, by Hafez

From the Divan Not one is filled with madness ...

Ode XXVII, by Hafez

My friend has fled! Alas, my friend has fled, ...

Ode XXXI, by Hafez

From the Divan The breath of Dawn's musk-strew...

Ode XXXII, by Hafez

From the Divan of Hafiz Upon a branch of the s...

The Dream, by Lola Ridge

I have a dream
to fill the golden sheath
of a...

Faces, by Lola Ridge

A late snow beats
With cold white fists upon t...

Flotsam, by Lola Ridge

I Crass rays streaming from the vestibules;
...

The Fog, by Lola Ridge

Out of the lamp-bestarred and clouded dusk--
S...

In Harness, by Lola Ridge

I The foreman's head
slowly circling..
White...

Interim, by Lola Ridge

The earth is motionless
And poised in space..
...

Jaguar, by Lola Ridge

Nasal intonations of light
and clicking tongue...

Mother, by Lola Ridge

Your love was like moonlight
turning harsh thi...