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1. To break so vast a Heart - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1889 times on American Poems.
To break so vast a Heart
Required a Blow as vast --
No Zephyr felled this Cedar straight --
'Twas undeserved Blast --(Read full poem)
2. Garden - written by H. D.
Read 9770 times on American Poems.
I
You are clear
O rose, cut in rock,
hard as the descent of hail.
I could scrape the colour
from the petals
like spilt dye from a rock.
If I could break you
I could break a tree.
If I could stir
I could break a tree--
I could break you.
II
O... (Read full poem)
3. The Fight - written by Russell Edson
Read 2348 times on American Poems.
A man is fighting with a cup of coffee. The rules: he must not
break the cup nor spill its coffee; nor must the cup break the
man's bones or spill his blood.
The man said, oh the hell with it, as he swept the cup to
the floor. The cup did not... (Read full poem)
4. Proud of my broken heart, since thou didst break it, - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 4203 times on American Poems.
Proud of my broken heart, since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night, since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.
Thou can'st not boast, like Jesus, drunken without... (Read full poem)
5. Anticipation - written by Ellis Parker Butler
From New England Magazine.
Published in 1898.
Read 351 times on American Poems.
I hold her letter as I stand,
Nor break the seal; no need to guess
What dainty little female hand
Penned this most delicate address.
The scented seal—I break it not,
But stand in stormy revery;
I tremble as I wonder what
She who... (Read full poem)
6. Troths - written by Carl Sandburg
From Chicago Poems.
Published in 1913.
Read 1552 times on American Poems.
YELLOW dust on a bumble
bee's wing,
Grey lights in a woman's
asking eyes,
Red ruins in the changing
sunset embers:
I take you and pile high
the memories.
Death will break her claws
on some I keep.(Read full poem)
7. Love's stricken "why" - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 2815 times on American Poems.
Love's stricken "why"
Is all that love can speak --
Built of but just a syllable
The hugest hearts that break.(Read full poem)
8. The most pathetic thing I do - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1558 times on American Poems.
The most pathetic thing I do
Is play I hear from you --
I make believe until my Heart
Almost believes it too
But when I break it with the news
You knew it was not true
I wish I had not broken it --
Goliah -- so would you --(Read full poem)
10. Ample make this Bed -- - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 3969 times on American Poems.
Ample make this Bed --
Make this Bed with Awe --
In it wait till Judgment break
Excellent and Fair.
Be its Mattress straight --
Be its Pillow round --
Let no Sunrise' yellow noise
Interrupt this Ground --(Read full poem)
11. I haven't told my garden yet - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 4842 times on American Poems.
I haven't told my garden yet --
Lest that should conquer me.
I haven't quite the strength now
To break it to the Bee --
I will not name it in the street
For shops would stare at me --
That one so shy -- so ignorant
Should have the face to die.
The... (Read full poem)
12. Sleep is supposed to be - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 19072 times on American Poems.
Sleep is supposed to be
By souls of sanity
The shutting of the eye.
Sleep is the station grand
Down which, on either hand
The hosts of witness stand!
Morn is supposed to be
By people of degree
The breaking of the Day.
Morning has not... (Read full poem)
13. As far from pity, as complaint - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1366 times on American Poems.
As far from pity, as complaint --
As cool to speech -- as stone --
As numb to Revelation
As if my Trade were Bone --
As far from time -- as History --
As near yourself -- Today --
As Children, to the Rainbow's scarf --
Or Sunset's Yellow play
To... (Read full poem)
14. It troubled me as once I was -- - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1683 times on American Poems.
It troubled me as once I was --
For I was once a Child --
Concluding how an Atom -- fell --
And yet the Heavens -- held --
The Heavens weighed the most -- by far --
Yet Blue -- and solid -- stood --
Without a Bolt -- that I could prove --
Would... (Read full poem)
15. It tossed -- and tossed -- - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1217 times on American Poems.
It tossed -- and tossed --
A little Brig I knew -- o'ertook by Blast --
It spun -- and spun --
And groped delirious, for Morn --
It slipped -- and slipped --
As One that drunken -- stept --
Its white foot tripped --
Then dropped from sight --
Ah,... (Read full poem)
16. Individuality - written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Read 2811 times on American Poems.
Ah yes, I love you, and with all my heart;
Just as a weaker woman loves her own,
Better than I love my beloved art,
Which, until you came, reigned royally, alone,
My king, my master. Since I saw your face
I have dethroned it, and you hold... (Read full poem)
17. Style - written by Carl Sandburg
From Chicago Poems.
Published in 1912.
Read 2838 times on American Poems.
STYLE--go ahead talking about style.
You can tell where a man gets his style just
as you can tell where Pavlowa got her legs
or Ty Cobb his batting eye.
Go on talking.
Only don't take my style away.
It's my face.
Maybe no good
but anyway, my... (Read full poem)
18. Experience - written by Dorothy Parker
From Enough Rope.
Published in 1926.
Read 3719 times on American Poems.
Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up the matter.(Read full poem)
19. If I could bribe them by a Rose - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 2441 times on American Poems.
If I could bribe them by a Rose
I'd bring them every flower that grows
From Amherst to Cashmere!
I would not stop for night, or storm --
Or frost, or death, or anyone --
My business were so dear!
If they would linger for a Bird
My Tambourin were... (Read full poem)
20. And They Obey - written by Carl Sandburg
From Chicago Poems.
Published in 1914.
Read 2494 times on American Poems.
SMASH down the cities.
Knock the walls to pieces.
Break the factories and cathedrals, warehouses
and homes
Into loose piles of stone and lumber and black
burnt wood:
You are the soldiers and we command you.
Build up the cities.
Set up the walls... (Read full poem)
21. A Murmur in the Trees -- to note - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1689 times on American Poems.
A Murmur in the Trees -- to note --
Not loud enough -- for Wind --
A Star -- not far enough to seek --
Nor near enough -- to find --
A long -- long Yellow -- on the Lawn --
A Hubbub -- as of feet --
Not audible -- as Ours -- to Us --
But dapperer... (Read full poem)
22. Ox Tamer, The. - written by Walt Whitman
From Leaves of Grass.
Published in 1900.
Read 2305 times on American Poems.
IN a faraway northern county, in the placid, pastoral region,
Lives my farmer friend, the theme of my recitative, a famous Tamer of Oxen:
There they bring him the three-year-olds and the four-year-olds, to break them;
He will take the wildest... (Read full poem)
23. When I was small, a Woman died -- - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 1625 times on American Poems.
When I was small, a Woman died --
Today -- her Only Boy
Went up from the Potomac --
His face all Victory
To look at her -- How slowly
The Seasons must have turned
Till Bullets clipt an Angle
And He passed quickly round --
If pride shall be in... (Read full poem)
24. The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, - written by Emily Dickinson
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published in 1955.
Read 4821 times on American Poems.
The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,
The maddest noise that grows, --
The birds, they make it in the spring,
At night's delicious close.
Between the March and April line --
That magical frontier
Beyond which summer hesitates,
Almost too heavenly... (Read full poem)
25. The Leal - written by Dorothy Parker
From Enough Rope.
Published in 1926.
Read 3252 times on American Poems.
The friends I made have slipped and strayed,
And who's the one that cares?
A trifling lot and best forgot-
And that's my tale, and theirs.
Then if my friendships break and bend,
There's little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
Is faithful... (Read full poem)
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