Rose Poems

Rose Poems

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...

Dreams, by Lola Ridge

Men die..
Dreams only change their houses.
Th...

Potpourri, by Lola Ridge

Do you remember
Honey-melon moon
Dripping thi...

Spring, by Lola Ridge

A spring wind on the Bowery,
Blowing the fluf...

Coldness in Love, by D. H. Lawrence

And you remember, in the afternoon
The sea an...

Drunk, by D. H. Lawrence

Too far away, oh love, I know,
To save me f...

Love Storm, by D. H. Lawrence

MANY roses in the wind
Are tapping at the wind...

The Punisher, by D. H. Lawrence

I HAVE fetched the tears up out of the little w...

Red Moon-Rise, by D. H. Lawrence

The train in running across the weald has falle...

Scent of Irises, by D. H. Lawrence

A FAINT, sickening scent of irises
Persists a...

Offering, by Anna de Noailles

FOR you, O youths, the books that I have writ...

Change, by Maxwell Bodenheim

I came upon a maiden
Blowing rose petals in th...

Chorus Girl, by Maxwell Bodenheim

Her voice was like rose-fragrance waltzing in t...

Insanity, by Maxwell Bodenheim

Like a vivid hyperbole,
The sun plunged into ...

Jack Rose, by Maxwell Bodenheim

With crafty brooding life turned to Jack Rose
...

Poet-Vagabond Grown Old, by Maxwell Bodenheim

The dust of many roads has been my grey wine.
...

Seaweed from Mars, by Maxwell Bodenheim

I "Have you ever played a violin
Larger than ...

Your Cheeks are Spent Diminuendos, by Maxwell Bodenheim

Your cheeks are spent diminuendos
Sheering int...

Autumn, by Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts...

A Day, by Emily Dickinson

I'll tell you how the sun rose, --
A ribbon a...

On This Long Storm the Rainbow Rose, by Emily Dickinson

On this long storm the rainbow rose,
On this ...

The Sea of Sunset, by Emily Dickinson

This is the land the sunset washes,
These are...

Two Worlds, by Emily Dickinson

It makes no difference abroad,
The seasons fi...

The Wife, by Emily Dickinson

She rose to his requirement, dropped
The play...