Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Spring, by William Blake

Sound the flute!
Now it's mute!
Bird's deligh...

Tiriel, by William Blake

1 And Aged Tiriel. Stood before the Gates of ...

To the Evening Star, by William Blake

Thou fair-haired angel of the evening,
Now, ...

Visions of the Daughters of Albion, by William Blake

The Argument I lovè d Theotormon,
An...

Come the Spring, by Christine Ann Clatworthy

The hay-barn could tell many a story;
resplen...

Could Have Written a Book About..., by Christine Ann Clatworthy

That impish look – dripping wet
from you...

Goodbye to April, by Christine Ann Clatworthy

There, on the veranda,
in the green light,
...

Lines in the Sand, by Christine Ann Clatworthy

For my sixth birthday
I wanted a doll; instead...

Maryam's Story, by Christine Ann Clatworthy

Shades her eyes from the sun;
growing weaker ...

Reclining Nude, by Christine Ann Clatworthy

Splashes of umber –
hints of Prussian B...

Nero, by Clark Ashton Smith

This Rome, that was the toil of many men,
Th...

The Refuge of Beauty, by Clark Ashton Smith

From regions of the sun's half-dreamt decay,
...

After Passing the Examination, by Bai Juyi

For ten years I never left my books;
I went u...

At the End of Spring, by Bai Juyi

To Yuan Chen [A.D. 810] The flower of the pear...

The Beginning of Summer, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 815 At the rise of summer a hundred beast...

Fishing in the Wei River, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 811 In waters still as a burnished mirror...

Going Alone to Spend a Night at the Hsien-Yu Temple, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 806 The crane from the shore standing at ...

Hearing the Early Oriole, by Bai Juyi

When the sun rose I was still lying in bed;
A...

Losing a Slave Girl, by Bai Juyi

Around my garden the little wall is low;
In t...

The Poem on the Wall, by Bai Juyi

My clumsy poem on the inn-wall none cared to se...

Rain, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 815 Since I lived a stranger in the City ...

Sleeping on Horseback, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 822 We had rode long and were still far f...

Visiting the Hsi-lin Temple, by Bai Juyi

I dismount from my horse at the Hsi-lin Temple;...

Winter Night, by Bai Juyi

A.D. 812 My house is poor; those that I love h...

Kwok Lun: A Forgotten Knight of Old, by Su Shi

A warrior bold,
In Ho Sai old;
Alas! But no...