Skip to main content

Collection of classic poems, famous poems, love poems, & more

Classic poem of the day

I WOULD not have you curl your hair,
Though tangled locks I can't endure;
Trim hands and skin should never bear
The patent signs of manicure.

Ape not the beardless Eastern style,
The culprit's sloven chin abhor!
To pose as less than man is vile,
'Tis barbarous to pose as more.

Though manhood's outward looks you wear
In hirsute limb and bearded face,
Your mind the while is plucked and bare,
Of manly growth there......

Read full poem

Member poem of the day

I draw closer to the threshold, you know? 
The one that separates us from them.

Ever closer to unveiling the truth to the
question that's etched so deeply in the mind,
the very unnerving question.
Do we live just to die, only to be born
again?
Tonight the roots of life divide the light
that shines far ahead in t...

...

Read full poem