English Poems

A Sight In Camp

A Sight in camp in the day-break grey and dim,As from my tent I emerge so early, sleepless,As slow I walk in the cool fresh air, the path near by the hospitaltent,Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out the…

A Smile to Remember

Charles Bukowski

We had goldfish and they circled around and aroundIn the bowl on the table near the heavy drapesCovering the picture window andMy mother, always smiling, wanting us allTo be happy, told me, “Be happy henry!”And she wa…

A Soldier

Robert Frost

He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled,That lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust,But still lies pointed as it plowed the dust.If we who sight along it round the world,See nothing worthy to have been its mark,It…

Absence

Pablo Neruda

I have scarcely left youWhen you go in me, crystalline,Or trembling,Or uneasy, wounded by meOr overwhelmed with love, aswhen your eyesClose upon the gift of lifeThat without cease I give you. My love,We have found eac…

Adieu To A Soldier

Walt Whitman

ADIEU, O soldier!You of the rude campaigning, (which we shared,)The rapid march, the life of the camp,The hot contention of opposing fronts–the long maneuver,Red battles with their slaughter,–the stimulus–the strong, …

Ae Fond Kiss

Robert Burns

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;Ae fareweel, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves…