709 Poems
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A Son of Spartacus

I pinned him hard in an empty trench,The sergeant who had my hate;The rats ran through the reeking stenchAnd he blenched before his fate.Finished and Professional2 textual states2 Characters5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song for All Women

Men run naked and free and boldBut women ban our breaths,And they pent us in till our hearts grow coldAnd they chain us down like death.Darker MoodsTitled Drafts1 textual state0 Characters2 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song for Men That Laugh

Satan is my brother, Satan is my son,Satan was my guiding star before my life begun.I follow all his highroads, the gaudy roads that shine —Satan is my brother, and I have drunk his wine.Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song from an Ebony Heart

The wine in my cup is bitter dregs,The moon is hard and cold,Like a woman that spreads her greedy legsFor a smear of slimy gold.Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state2 Characters5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of Bards

Chesterton twanged on his lyreAnd he set the world afire;Sing a song of Flecker, sing a song of Pope,Sing a song of Dunsany, of Shakespeare, Poe and DunsanyHistorical and ObservationalUntitled Drafts1 textual state4 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of Cheer

I was his mistress, she was his wife; that was the difference it made;He wouldn’t have walked, to save my life, with me on the promenade.Dignified with his family pride, formal and spick and span —But up in my room — say, listen kid, he was a different man!Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state4 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of College

Now is chapel gathered, now the seats are full,Now the goodly president upon his hind legs risesLaunching on a discourse for the great god Bull,Praising wealth and civic pride and other things he prizes.Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state2 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of Greenwich

The lords of Greenwich sallied forth,The men, also the maids;The dames had cut and combed their hair,The men wore theirs in braids.HumorPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of Praise

I’m tired of hearing praises sungTo pale cheekedSad eyedVirginsDarker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state0 Characters2 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Anchor Chain

Let down, let out the anchor chain,The gulls are dipping low,A faint wind rattles stays in vain —Oh, let the anchor go.Historical and ObservationalPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character7 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Don Cossacks

Wolf-brother, wolf-lover,Over the river the kites hoverWhere witch-light glimmersAnd tall grass shimmers —Historical and ObservationalNo Known Drafts1 textual state0 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Legions

The crystal gong of the silenceShivers in shattered shards;And the marble hall re-echoesTo the tread of the crested guards.Historical and ObservationalNo Known Drafts1 textual state0 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Naked Lands

You lolled in gardens where breezes fannedHistorical and ObservationalUntitled Drafts2 textual states0 Characters7 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Race

High on his throne sat Bran Mak MornWhen the sun-god sank and the west was red;He beckoned a girl with his drinking horn,And, “Sing me a song of the race,” he said.Introductory SamplingUntitled Drafts1 textual state1 Character10 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song of the Werewolf Folk

Sink white fangs in the throat of Life,Lap up the red that gushes,In the cold dark gloom of the bare black stones,In the gorge where the black wind rushes.FantasticalNo Known Drafts1 textual state0 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Song Out of the East

Allah! . . . .The long light lifts amain,And down the cliffs the breezes start,And in Zenana, Zanda’s heartHistorical and ObservationalTitled Drafts2 textual states3 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Sonnet of Good Cheer

Fling wide the portals, rose-lipped dawn has comeTo kiss our drowsy visions into life;Let me arise, a-lust for love and strifeTo follow far some distant, pulsing drum.Darker MoodsNo Known Drafts1 textual state0 Characters5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Stirring of Green Leaves

I long for the South as a man for a maid,The rose at the window bar,The stars and the palm-trees’ velvet shadeAnd the strum of a Spanish guitar.Historical and ObservationalPoetry for Friends1 textual state0 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Thousand Years Ago

I was chief of the ChatagaiA thousand years ago;Turan’s souls and her swords were high;Arrows flew as snow might fly,Historical and ObservationalUntitled Drafts1 textual state1 Character5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Toast

“I drink to all who live and die,“To tribes unborn and races gone.“But triply to those men drink I“Tho dying, still live on and on.”Alternate title:Untitled (“The tall man rose and said:”)Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state7 Characters2 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Tribute to the Sportsmanship of the Fans

Headlock, hammerlock, toss him on his bean again,Jump upon his belly and boot him in the hips,Clamp the scissors on his neck and choke him till he’s green again,Get the fans wild-eyed, with froth on their lips.Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state0 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Warning

I come in the wail of the broken skies,In the whirlwind’s ivory scroll,To tear the veil from your blinded eyesAnd freeze your shuddering soul.Darker MoodsTitled Drafts2 textual states3 Characters10 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Warning to Orthodoxy

Frozen crust that a hoof cuts through,Stars like the steel of night;Over the hill the view hallooAnd the pack sweeps into sight.Introductory SamplingPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character6 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Weird Ballad

The werewolf came across the hill,HumorPoetry for Friends1 textual state4 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Woman Born to Rule

A cringing woman’s lot is hard,A harlot and a fool,She kneels and whimpers to her lord —But I was born to rule!Alternate title:Untitled (“A cringing woman’s lot is hard”)Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Word from the Outer Dark

My ruthless hands still clutch at life —Still like a shoreless sea —My soul beats on in rage and strife.You may not shackle me.Introductory SamplingTitled Drafts1 textual state1 Character9 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

A Young Wife’s Tale

My husband’s brother’s wife is a woman I fear and hate.My husband does not understand how I feel toward his brother’s mate.A tall dark strong young woman like an Egyptian queen,With motions slow and cat-like and eyes with a brooding sheen.NaughtyPoetry for Friends1 textual state4 Characters7 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Abe Lincoln

Your only excuse, Abe Lincoln,Is your undoubted sincerity.Because of this, men should not curse you,But what a damnable pity it isHistorical and ObservationalPoetry for Friends1 textual state2 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Abhorrent Gods

Abhorrent gods still haunt forgotten shrinesIn jungle guarded mazes of the EastFantasticalUntitled Drafts1 textual state0 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Ace High

Slim white fingersCutting the pack,Never they lingerUpon a stack.Historical and ObservationalTitled Drafts1 textual state1 Character6 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Adam’s Iron Harp

The iron harp that Adam christened LifeDrips haunting tones into the brazen bowlThat Satan’s wifeGrips close between her heavy naked thighs.Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state2 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Adam’s Loins Were Mountains

Adam’s loins were mountains,His rod a branchless pine;Creation in his surging bloodStung like the ocean brine.NaughtyPoetry for Friends1 textual state2 Characters3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Adventure (1)

I am the spurThat rides men’s souls.The glittering lureThat leads around the world.Seeking Adventure and FreedomPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character5 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

Adventurer

My feet are set on the outward trailsAnd the call of the roistering sea.My wings are spread on the outbound galesAnd the paths that are long and free.Seeking Adventure and FreedomPoetry for Friends1 textual state1 Character4 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

After a Flaming Night

Kissing the lips of the morningThe stars pale out in the East;And my heart is grown cold with scorningThe ancient mark of the Beast.Alternate title:Mark of the BeastDarker MoodsTitled Drafts1 textual state1 Character3 publicationsExplore Poem →Poem

After the Trumps are Sounded

After the trumps are soundedOver the fading world,After the drums are silentAnd the lastmost flag is furled,Darker MoodsPoetry for Friends1 textual state0 Characters4 publicationsExplore Poem →