Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Hymn to Delos, by Callimachus

O when, my soul, wilt thou resound the praise...

Hymn to Diana, by Callimachus

Tho' great Apollo claim the poet's lyre,
Yet ...

Hymn to Jupiter, by Callimachus

Whilst we to Jove immortal and divine,
Perfor...

When Love and Wine Inspire, by Callimachus

If sober, and inclin'd to sport,
To you, my...

Avenue of the Americas, by Calvera Tomczak

From desert to city, already forgotten new arr...

Lady Grey Hair of Seattle Seduction and Pacific Pleasantry, by Calvera Tomczak

Soggy basin bellows smoke and steam over the pi...

Welcome to the Park, by Calvera Tomczak

Welcome to the park where I took my lover down ...

The Carpenter's Song, by Carmen Sylva

My lot grew lighter day by day;
The children ...

The Gnat, by Carmen Sylva

A long-legged gnat with airy wings, a dart
Sh...

In the Rushing Wind, by Carmen Sylva

The wind hath whirled the leaves from off the t...

Lethe, by Carmen Sylva

When dark thy childhood, tears and grief have ...

The Sentinel, by Carmen Sylva

Each flower is a sentinel of God,
And ev'ry t...

To the Memory of Queen Victoria, by Carmen Sylva

These ever wakeful eyes are closed. They saw
S...

Death the Consecrator, by Caroline Spencer

O Death, the Consecrator!
Nothing so sanctifi...

High and Low, by Caroline Spencer

A little nook, a barren nook,
Lowest and dar...

Homeward, by Caroline Spencer

It is the time when birds are calling,
Each t...

July, by Caroline Spencer

Now comes the sudden summer,
The beautiful fi...

The Mowing, by Caroline Spencer

But yesterday I passed this way,
And stopped ...

On the Dark Mountains, by Caroline Spencer

We cry "Our Father!" we that yearn
Upward to s...

Our Dead, by Caroline Spencer

Not where willow branches wave,
Lay them in n...

Patience, by Caroline Spencer

God's right-hand angel, bright and calm!
Chri...

The Singer's Place, by Caroline Spencer

You would pass it by among the rest,
Curious ...

The Snowbird, by Caroline Spencer

He sits in winter's sleet, and the snow is rou...

A Strange Singer, by Caroline Spencer

Joy's the shyest bird
Mortal ever heard;
Lis...

The Swift Messenger, by Caroline Spencer

O Ariel, tricksy and dainty,
You spirit of f...