THE SEA by Dorothy Paker Who lay against the sea, and fled, Who lightly loved the wave, Shall never know, when he is dead, A ...

Moon by Kathleen Jamie Last night, when the moon slipped into my attic-room as an oblong of light, I sensed she’d come to commis...

INDIAN SUMMER by Dorothy Parker In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To sui...

Love Song Related Poem Content Details BY  DOROTHY PARKER My own dear love, he is strong and bold        And he cares no...

Reading Seamus Heaney by Matthew Howard The Irish writer and 1995 Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, who died on August 30 in Dubl...

Poem of the week The Ash Plant by Seamus Heaney Written in memory of his cattle-farming father, this tribute lends him a kind of ...

Beneath My Hands  by Leonard Cohen Beneath my hands your small breasts are the upturned bellies of breathing fallen sparrows. Whe...

Ulysses by Umberto Saba Translated by Geoffrey Brock Umberto Saba / Ulisse Once in my younger days I sailed the length...

"I’m happy with my life" Joseph Brodsky BY ALAIN ELKANN Skinheads, Nazis and prejudices. Anti-Semitism is the child ...