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Halloween Poems Horror Poem

The Jack-O’-Lantern By Madison Julius Cawein

The Jack-O’-Lantern By Madison Julius Cawein   Last night it was Hallowe’en. Darkest night I’ve ever seen. And the boy next door, I thought, Would be glad to know of this Jack-o’-lantern father brought Home from Indianapolis. And he was glad. Borrowed it. Put a candle in and lit; Hid among the weeds out there […]

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1800s Poetry Poems about Life

Pirates by Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes was an English poet, short story writer and playwright who was born in 1880 in Staffordshire, England. Noyes was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he excelled in classics and was elected president of the Oxford Union.

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1800s Poetry Classic Poems Halloween Poems Horror Poem

The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845

The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845 Translated into modern English by R Edwards There is a knight riding through the woods, A brave and noble knight is he. And surely he is on an urgent quest, He rides so hastily. He passed the oak and the birch trees, And many other trees passed he, […]

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Classic Poems Death Poems

The Vampire by Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein was an American poet born in 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was associated with the “Kentucky School” of writers and was known

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Contemporary Poems about Life Poems about Truth

The Person I Used To Be by Richard LeDue

Richard LeDue (he/him) is the author of eight books of poetry. His work has appeared in the Eunioa Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Briefly Zine, and other publications, both online and in print

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Contemporary Love Poems

My Strange Affinity to the One Who Shall Not Be Named

Yaocheng is a university student and moves around awfully lot and Toronto is Yaocheng’s next destination.

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1800s Poetry Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The poem’s unnamed narrator is alone at night feeling sad and weak as he pores over old books. As he is about to fall asleep, he hears a tapping at his chamber door. He opens the door to darkness and whispers the name “Lenore,

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Contemporary poem

Pretty Lights by John Frank Haugh

John Frank Haugh’s writing has been published in storySouth, The North Carolina Literary Review, Notre Dame Magazine, Main Street Rag, Rat’s Ass Review, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.

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1800s Poetry Edgar Allan Poe

Alone–Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 and died in 1849. He was an American writer and poet. He was one of the cornerstone writers of the Romantic Movement.

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Contemporary poem Poems about Life

Life is Precious by William Wiggins

William Wiggins is an African American writer who is currently pursuing his Master’s in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Contemporary Inspirational Poems

Winging It by Michael Waterson

Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San Francisco taxi driver and wine educator. He earned an MFA from Mills College.

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Nature Poems

Sunlight Crystal by Scott Thomas Outlar

Scott Thomas Outlar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives and writes in Frederick, Maryland.

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Moon Poem

Welcome To The Moon by Bruce McRae

Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with poems published in hundreds of magazines such as Poetry, Rattle and the North American Review. The winner of the 2020 Libretto prize and author of four poetry collections and seven chapbooks

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Nature Poems Poems about Truth

On the Last Day by George Moore

George Moore’s poetry has appeared in The Atlantic, Poetry, North American Review, Colorado Review, Arc and Stand. His recent collections are Children’s Drawings of the Universe (Salmon Poetry 2015) and Saint Agnes Outside the Walls

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Family Poems

Winter Kitchen by Jenny Dunbar

Quince, the golden peach

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