~Famous Poems from Famous Poets~

Trinity3 · 09-24-2010, 02:05 AM

Please feel free to post poems, just for fun, for someone...or just for yourself or just to share. Open to all

~Sonnet XLI: Yes, I Will Go by Mary Darby Robinson

Yes, I will go, where circling whirlwinds rise,
Where threat'ning clouds in sable grandeur lour;
Where the blast yells, the liquid columns pour,
And madd'ning billows combat with the skies!
There, while the Daemon of the tempest flies
On growing pinions through the troublous hour,
The wild waves gasp impatient to devour,
And on the rock the waken'd Vulture cries!
Oh! dreadful solace to the stormy mind!
To me, more pleasing than the valley's rest,
The woodland songsters, or the sportive kind,
That nip the turf, or prune the painted crest;
For in despair alone, the wretched find
That unction sweet, which lulls the bleeding breast!

NorCalStud · 09-24-2010, 02:22 AM

Wow. I haven't that one. Totally get it even tho I read different stuff. Deep sister. Thank-you.

ravfem · 09-24-2010, 03:07 AM

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

A Dream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--
And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

ravfem · 09-24-2010, 03:18 AM

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This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals,
despise riches, give alms to every one that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy,
devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants,
argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young
and with the mothers of families,
read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life,
re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book,
dismiss whatever insults your own soul;
and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency
not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips
and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion
and joint of your body…

09-24-2010, 02:05 AM	#1
Trinity3 Junior Member How Do You Identify?: ~Tattoo Artist/Piercer~ Preferred Pronoun?: ~Bitch, slut, ho~ whatever works Relationship Status: ~Thinking~ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: CA Posts: 44 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 596	~Famous Poems from Famous Poets~ Please feel free to post poems, just for fun, for someone...or just for yourself or just to share. Open to all ~Sonnet XLI: Yes, I Will Go by Mary Darby Robinson Yes, I will go, where circling whirlwinds rise, Where threat'ning clouds in sable grandeur lour; Where the blast yells, the liquid columns pour, And madd'ning billows combat with the skies! There, while the Daemon of the tempest flies On growing pinions through the troublous hour, The wild waves gasp impatient to devour, And on the rock the waken'd Vulture cries! Oh! dreadful solace to the stormy mind! To me, more pleasing than the valley's rest, The woodland songsters, or the sportive kind, That nip the turf, or prune the painted crest; For in despair alone, the wretched find That unction sweet, which lulls the bleeding breast! __________________ ~Trinity ~You can run, but you can't hide!~ ~My surface is a mirror reflecting back that which shines against it~ ~This girl's dream~ ....for now....

09-24-2010, 03:07 AM	#3
ravfem Senior Member How Do You Identify?: i'm a girl Relationship Status: negative Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,239 Thanked 3,126 Times in 1,270 Posts Rep Power: 1969286	by Langston Hughes Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. A Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? __________________

09-24-2010, 03:18 AM	#4
ravfem Senior Member How Do You Identify?: i'm a girl Relationship Status: negative Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,239 Thanked 3,126 Times in 1,270 Posts Rep Power: 1969286	excerpt from the Preface to Leaves of Grass (W. Whitman) ... This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body… __________________

09-24-2010, 02:22 AM	#2
NorCalStud Member How Do You Identify?: gaea's Daddy and Fiance Preferred Pronoun?: Ours Relationship Status: Engaged with gaea:-) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Island Mountain Posts: 440 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 1,465 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 18918588	Wow. I haven't that one. Totally get it even tho I read different stuff. Deep sister. Thank-you.