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Omaha by Carl Sandburg
RED barns and red heifers spot the green
grass circles around Omaha—the farmers
haul tanks of crea..
Old-fashioned Requited Love by Carl Sandburg
I HAVE ransacked the encyclopedias
And slid my fingers among topics and titles
Looking for you.
..
Old Woman by Carl Sandburg
THE owl-car clatters along, dogged by the echo
From building and battered paving-stone.
The headli..
Old Timers by Carl Sandburg
I AM an ancient reluctant conscript.
On the soup wagons of Xerxes I was a cleaner of pans.
On..
Old Osawatomie by Carl Sandburg
JOHN BROWN’S body under the morning stars.
Six feet of dust under the morning stars.
And a panoram..
On Turning Ten by Billy Collins
The whole idea of it makes me feel
like I’m coming down with something,
something worse than any s..
of all the blessings which to man... (IV) by E. E. Cummings
of all the blessings which to man
kind progress doth impart
one stands supreme i mean the an
imal..
Of Nicolette by E. E. Cummings
dreaming in marble all the castle lay
like some gigantic ghost-flower born of night
blossoming in..
once like a spark... (XXIV) by E. E. Cummings
(once like a spark)
if strangers meet
life begins-
not poor not rich
(only aware)
kind neithe..
one's not half two. It's two are halves of one: by E. E. Cummings
one’s not half two. It’s two are halves of one:
which halves reintegrating,shall occur
no death an..
O sweet spontaneous by E. E. Cummings
O sweet spontaneous
earth how often have
the doting
fingers of
prurient philosophies pin..
Ornithology For Beginners by Dorothy Parker
The bird that feeds from off my palm
Is sleek, affectionate, and calm,
But double, to me, is worth..
One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker
A single flow’r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure,..
On Being A Woman by Dorothy Parker
Why is it, when I am in Rome,
I’d give an eye to be at home,
But when on native earth I be,
My so..
Oscar Wilde by Dorothy Parker
If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all a..
On Cheating The Fiddler by Dorothy Parker
"Then we will have tonight!" we said.
"Tomorrow- may we not be dead?"
The morrow touched our eyes,..
Of a Woman, Dead Young by Dorothy Parker
If she had been beautiful, even,
Or wiser than women about her,
Or had moved with a certain defian..
Observation by Dorothy Parker
If I don’t drive around the park,
I’m pretty sure to make my mark.
If I’m in bed each night by t..
Outcast by Claude McKay
For the dim regions whence my fathers came
My spirit, bondaged by the body, longs.
Words felt, b..
One Year After by Claude McKay
I
Not once in all our days of poignant love,
Did I a single instant give to thee
My undivide..
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