Poems of Today

Gerald Costanzo (b. 1945) Grandpa said potatoes reminded him of school. Potatoes and school. He said he'd wake nearly freezing, kindle a...

Richard Wilbur Tree-leaves which, till the growing season's done, Change into wood the powers of the sun, Take from that radiance only r...

Donald Justice (1993) for Henri Coulette (1927-1988) I ask you to come back now as you were in youth, Confident, eager, and the silver brush...

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) I. My childhood's home I see again, And sadden with the view; And still, as memory crowds my brain, There...

Louise Glück (2008) The light stays longer in the sky, but it’s a cold light, it brings no relief from winter. My neighbor stares out the w...

Catherine Wing (2005) That night even the moon was living in a puddle, milky, watered-down version of nightscape, flapping its wings on the ...

Catherine Wing (2005) in response to John Stammers Tell them all what you have done: tell the sea and tell the sun; the riptide as it carrie...