Rose Poems

Rose Poems

A California Home, by William Wendell Riley

Cool, irrigating streams refresh these lands, ...

The Birth of the Red Rose, by William Wilsey Martin

Thro' the gateways of Eden, Eve all mournful
...

Red Berries of Briony, by William Wilsey Martin

Rich was the harvest he vow'd to reap,
When h...

Rose-Time, by Witter Bynner

What though love requires no test,
In this ro...

Refugio's Hair, by Alberto Rios

In the old days of our family,
My grandmother w...

When There Were Ghosts, by Alberto Rios

On the Mexico side in the 1950s and 60s,There w...

The Bay Fight, by Henry Howard Brownell

(Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864.)
“On the forecastl...

Adam's Curse, by William Butler Yeats

We sat together at one summer's end,
That beaut...

The Rose of Battle, by William Butler Yeats

Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!The ta...

A Prayer for my Daughter, by William Butler Yeats

Once more the storm is howling, and half hidUnd...

The Tower, by William Butler Yeats

                               IWhat shall I do...

The First Night, by Billy Collins

          The worst thing about death must be  ...

Loam, by Carl Sandburg

In the loam we sleep,
In the cool moist loam,
T...

Passers-by, by Carl Sandburg

Passers-by,Out of your many facesFlash memories...

The Answer, by Carl Sandburg

You have spoken the answer.A child searches far...

To a Dead Friend , by Langston Hughes

The moon still sends its mellow lightThrough th...