Category: women

20th century, American Poetry, Elinor Morton Wylie, General, Literature, Poetry, United States, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by Elinor Morton Wylie (1885 – 1928)

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by ELINOR MORTON WYLIE For this you’ve striven Daring, to fail: Your sky is riven Like a tearing veil. For this, you’ve wasted Wings of your youth; Divined, and tasted Bitter springs of truth. From sand unslakèd Twisted strong cords, And wandered naked Among trysted swords. There’s a word unspoken,…
20th century, British Poetry, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“By Candlelight” by Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964)

#Poetry by #EdithSitwell— “Silence crowned this optimism— Not a sound and not a wail: But the fire (lush leafy vales) Watched the angry feathers fly.”
20th century, American, American Poetry, Elinor Wylie, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

September 3, 2018

“Bells in the Rain” by Elinor Wylie (1885 – 1928)

“Peace falls unheeded on the dead Asleep; they have had deep peace to drink; Upon a live man’s bloody head It falls most tenderly, I think.”
Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

April 23, 2018

“To Her Father with Some Verses” by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)

To Her Father with Some Verses BY ANNE BRADSTREET Most truly honoured, and as truly dear, If worth in me or ought I do appear, Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self from whom it came? The principal might yield a greater sum, Yet handled ill, amounts but to…
21st Century, European Poetry, Poetry, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, women, women poets

March 14, 2018

“Differences of Opinion” by WENDY COPE

“She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well…”
21st Century, American, American Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

March 13, 2018

“What Kind of Times Are These” by ADRIENNE RICH (1929 – 2012)

“I won’t tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods meeting the unmarked strip of light— ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise: I know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear.”
20th century, American, American Poetry, Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 12, 2018

“Instruction” by HAZEL HALL (1886 – 1924)

Instruction By HAZEL HALL My hands that guide a needle In their turn are led Relentlessly and deftly As a needle leads a thread. Other hands are teaching My needle: when I sew I feel the cool, thin fingers Of hands I do not know. They urge my needle onward. They smooth my seams. until…
20th century, America, American, American Poetry, Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 12, 2018

“White Branches” by HAZEL HALL (1886 – 1924)

White Branches By HAZEL HALL I had forgotten the gesture of branches Suddenly white, And I had forgotten the fragrance of blossoms Filling a room at night. In remembering the curve of branches Who beckoned me in vain, Remembering dark rooms of coolness Where fragrance was like pain, I have forgotten all else; there is…
African-American, American, American Poetry, Lucille Clifton, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

March 11, 2018

“blessing the boats” by LUCILLE CLIFTON (1936 – 2010)

“…the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever…”
20th century, African-American, America, American, American Poetry, Celebration, Lucille Clifton, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

March 11, 2018

“won’t you celebrate with me” by LUCILLE CLIFTON (1936 – 2010)

won’t you celebrate with me BY LUCILLE CLIFTON won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one…