School Poems

School Poems

The Witch's Daughter, by John Greenleaf Whittier

It was the pleasant harvest time,
When cellar...

Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, by John J. Ronan

42nd St. As the funnel of everyone in Times Sq...

Desert Song, by Joseph Aprile

From Impaled on Times Illustrious Arrow My ey...

Circus Clown, by Joshua Knight

Just saw a preview for the movie,
Yes, wher...

Indian Mascot, by Joshua Knight

Filling in for an absent teacher
at a middle s...

Fisher of Stars, by Lew Sarett

My wild blood leaped as I watched the falling s...

Flor Del Espiritu Santo, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Loitering, midst the tropic glory of a large c...

Somebody's Mother, by Mary Dow Brine

The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And be...

The Sweet June Time, by Mary Dow Brine

The daisies and the buttercups
Now merrily are...

Laurels and Immortelles, by Mary T. Lathrap

To the memory of Charles D. McNaughten. He has...

Retrospection, by Mary T. Lathrap

Detroit, March 1, 1862. Standing by the scho...

Paula's Bowl, by Myra Schneider

From Circling The Core (Enitharmon Press 2008) ...

The Casino Theater, by Robert Birch

From The Echo of Applause It was not much of a...

Home Thoughts, by S. Moore

I love to think of the dear old home--
For my ...

The Horse, by S. Moore

The noble horse, but, oh! How oft the poor
I...

The Irish Heart, by S. Moore

Some people think the Irish mind
Is rough, an...

Recollections of Irish Scenery, by S. Moore

Lough Erne beautiful and bright,
Thou still a...

Mary's Lamb, by Sarah Josepha Hale

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white ...

Spring, by Sarah Josepha Hale

The pleasant Spring has come again,
The prett...

War Hero, by Sean Barnett

When we got off the plane-
After a year in Ira...

God's Counsel, by Sophocles

I know that God is ever such as this,
Darkly ...

Whirlwind, by Til Turner

June sweat meandered down my brow
as I daydrea...

The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare

FROM the besieged Ardea all in post,
...

Adam's Curse, by William Butler Yeats

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

Sailing to Byzantium, by William Butler Yeats

That is no country for old men. The youngIn one...