The Humble-Bee, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Burly, dozing humble-bee,
Where thou art is ...
Insect Poems
Monadnoc, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thousand minstrels woke within me,
'Our music...
Musketaquid, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because I was content with these poor fields,
...
Beginning My Studies, by Walt Whitman
Beginning my studies the first step pleas'd me ...
Song at Sunset, by Walt Whitman
Splendor of ended day floating and filling me, ...
The Grasshopper, by Alfred Tennyson
I Voice of the summerwind,
Joy of the summe...
Purple Clover, by Emily Dickinson
There is a flower that bees prefer,
And butte...
Late September, by Amy Lowell
Tang of fruitage in the air;
Red boughs burst...
Pain in Pleasure, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A THOUGHT lay like a flower upon mine heart,
...
The First Encounter, by Arthur Rimbaud
She was only half-dressed
And equally bare tre...
A Study in Nature, by Allie Isabel Lucas
One sovereign holds indisputable sway!
Her lig...
The Invitation, by Anna Letitia Barbauld
HEALTH to my friend, and long unbroken years, ...
The Dream of Chuang Tzu, by Arthur Guiterman
In life there's naught
That's true, but Thoug...
The Bee, by C. B. Langston
Is it the beauty of the flower,
Its honeyed s...
To a Butterfly, by C. B. Langston
Thou gaudy insect! Fickle wanderer!
Thou art a...
To a Spider, by C. B. Langston
Weave on, poor insect! Weave on still,
Thy s...
Hymn to Jupiter, by Callimachus
Whilst we to Jove immortal and divine,
Perfor...
A Cicada, by Clinton Scollard
Here's a hail, O brown cicada, tuning
In the...
The Summer Day, by Edwin Leibfreed
The farm--a bit of heaven--
Where nature stopp...
Sky Lotus, by Elizabeth Coatsworth
Moon over Japan.
White butterfly moon!
The wa...
Fishing, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Maybe this is fun, sitting in the sun,
With ...
Florida Scenes and Sports, by Isaac McLellan
Here in my Northern home I love to muse,
Fair...
Midsummer in the Catskills, by John Burroughs
The strident hum of sickle-bar,
Like giant in...
Tale of a Dog, by John Godfrey Saxe
PART ONE I "Curse on all curs!" I heard a cyn...
Paula's Bowl, by Myra Schneider
From Circling The Core (Enitharmon Press 2008) ...