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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Titmouse

The TitmouseYou shall not be overbold When you deal with arctic cold, As late I found my lukewarm blood Chilled wading in the snow-choked wood. How should I fight? my foeman fine Has million…

Father's Day Quotations

    Compiled by Elizabeth Olson       For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers." Homer "It doesn't…

The Devil's Dictionary: Platonic

by Ambrose Bierce PLATITUDEPLAUDITSPLATONIC -adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

Recommended Online Poetry Collections

Poetry resources and poetry in the public domain compiled by David Johnson Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us…

Breakfast Foods

(Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest.) Within each category, foods are ranked from least to most saturated fat, then total fat, then sodium (or total sugars for cereals, muffins…

Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord

Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial LordO fan of white silk, clear as frost on the grass-blade,You also are laid aside.Based on a 1st century BC Chinese poem

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Death and Life

by EmilyDickinsonThe WindXXVIDeath and Life Death and Life Apparently with no surprise To any happy flower, The frost beheads it at its play In accidental power. The blond assassin passes…