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There's always room for debate when creating a "top 100" list, and let's face it, fame is a pretty fickle thing. It changes over time. But that said, we did our best to use available objective data in putting together this ranked list of the 100 most widely recognized and …

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Verses you may appreciate now more than you ever did in school. Grouped by mood: Love Poems, Metaphysical Poems, Nature Poems, "Off-Beat" Poems, and Joyful Poems. More poems? Enjoy Children's Poems, Poetry for Students, and Civil War Songs. Robert Burns wrote this romantic song in the Scots language to his bonnie lass in 1794.

A poem is a piece of writing, usually using some kind of rhyme scheme or metrical pattern, that expresses a writer’s feelings (or the feelings of a persona). They can tell stories, record memories, express desire, and share information.

Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Willie Perdomo is the Guest Editor of April.

Reading your words, I was set to thinking about what it meant to me and smiled. When I gaze up at the white ceiling, I am contemplating journeys...meditation and find a whole new world …

In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! I doubted if I should ever come back. And that has made all the difference. From The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem.

2025年3月12日 · Navigate your way into this beautiful art form with this list of the most famous poems ever written. What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written?...