I have eaten the plums That were in the icebox And which you were probably Saving for breakfast Forgive me They were delicious So sweet And so cold - William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was an American poem and doctor. Williams was the winner of both the National Book Award for Poetry and... Continue Reading →
One Flower – a Haiku by Jack Kerouac
One flower on the cliffside Nodding at the canyon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), a novelist, poet, painter
Women’s Work and Passing Time, poems by Maya Angelou
Women's Work I've got the children to tend The clothes to mend The floor to mop The food to shop Then the chicken to fry The baby to dry I got company to feed The garden to weed I've got shirts to press The tots to dress The can to be cut I gotta clean... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy... Continue Reading →
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