Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Attack
AT dawn the ridge emerges massed and dunIn the wild purple of the glow'ring sun,Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroudThe menacing..
© Siegfried Sassoon
Absolution
The anguish of the earth absolves our eyesTill beauty shines in all that we can see.War is our scourge; yet war has made us wise,And, fighting for..
© Siegfried Sassoon
Hero
'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the Mother said,And folded up the letter that she'd read.'The Colonel writes so nicely.' Something brokeIn the tired..
© Siegfried Sassoon
A Letter Home
(To Robert Graves)IHere I'm sitting in the gloomOf my quiet attic room.France goes rolling all around,Fledged with forest May has crowned.And I puff..
© Siegfried Sassoon
Does It Matter?
Does it matter? -losing your legs?For people will always be kind,And you need not show that you mindWhen others come in after huntingTo gobble their..
© Siegfried Sassoon
Aftermath
Have you forgotten yet?...For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days,Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:And..
© Siegfried Sassoon
Suicide In The Trenches
I knew a simple soldier boyWho grinned at life in empty joy,Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,And whistled early with the lark.In winter..
© Siegfried Sassoon
A Frame of Forever
Within a frame, a heartbeat rests,Life captured at its very best.From simple scenes to wonders grand,Moments held by a careful hand.A photograph..
© World Photography Day
When Time Stands Still
The shutter falls, the moment stays,A memory saved from fading days.In every click, a story lies,Seen through thoughtful, patient eyes.Photography..
© World Photography Day
Through the Photographer’s Eyes
The world looks different through your view,Colors deeper, skies more true.Every moment carefully framed,Ordinary scenes gently named.Art is born..
© World Photography Day
Frozen Moments
A single frame, a fleeting glance,Life paused in a timeless dance.Smiles, tears, and skies so wide,All forever held inside.Photography keeps the..
© World Photography Day
The Silent Language of Light
Through the quiet click of a lens,Stories are captured, time suspends.Light and shadow gently meet,Turning moments into memories sweet.A photograph..
© World Photography Day
Future in Your Hands
Youth is a river, swift and wide,Flowing with hope, a rising tide.Your choices now will carve the way,For brighter nights and better days.Take every..
© Youth Day
The Power Within
Within your heart, a power grows,A strength the world already knows.With hands to build and minds to learn,The flame of youth will brightly..
© Youth Day
Song of the Young
Sing, O youth, your fearless song,The world is wide, your time is long.With every step, a path you pave,A life of dreams, both free and brave.Let..
© Youth Day
Wings of Tomorrow
Young hearts rise on wings of tomorrow,Through fields of hope, beyond all sorrow.Ideas take flight, bright and free,A world reborn with what will..
© Youth Day
The Flame of Youth
Youth is a flame that burns so bright,A beacon glowing in the night.With dreams to chase and hearts so bold,The future waits, its story told.Step..
© Youth Day
A Very Youthful Affair
I'm bin a-visitun 'bout a weekTo my little Cousin's at Nameless Creek,An' I'm got the hives an' a new straw hat,An' I'm come back home where my beau..
© James Whitcomb Riley
Almon Keefer
Ah, Almon Keefer! what a boy you were,With your back-tilted hat and careless hair,And open, honest, fresh, fair face and eyesWith their all-varying..
© James Whitcomb Riley
Autumn
As a harvester, at dusk,Faring down some woody trailLeading homeward through the muskOf may-apple and pawpaw,Hazel-bush, and spice and haw,--So comes..
© James Whitcomb Riley
Back From A Two-Years' Sentence
Back from a two-years' sentence!And though it had been ten,You think, I were scarred no deeperIn the eyes of my fellow-men.'My fellow-men--?' Sounds..
© James Whitcomb Riley
He Called Her In
IHe called her in from me and shut the door.And she so loved the sunshine and the sky!--She loved them even better yet than IThat ne'er knew dearth..
© James Whitcomb Riley
John Walsh
A strange life--strangely passed!We may not read the soulWhen God has folded up the scrollIn death at last.We may not--dare not say of oneWhose task..
© James Whitcomb Riley
Leedle Dutch Baby
Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town!Jabber und jump till der day gone down--Jabber und sphlutter und sphlit hees jaws--Vot a Dutch baby dees..
© James Whitcomb Riley
In The Dark
O in the depths of midnightWhat fancies haunt the brain!When even the sigh of the sleeperSounds like a sob of pain.A sense of awe and of wonderI may..
© James Whitcomb Riley