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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CREATIVE ABILITY Matches Found: 215 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1-JAN, by DAVID LEHMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some people confuse inspiration with lightning Last Line: Of hearing a phone that wouldn't stop ringing Subject(s): Creative Ability A DREAM OF INSPIRATION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To loll back, in a misty hammock, swung Last Line: Save fancy's hinted chime of unknown seas. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dreams; Hammocks; Wind; Inspiration; Creativity; Nightmares A DREAM OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You were dead, but how sleek and darkly calm you were! Last Line: Lying, saying I cared nothing about form.... Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dreams; Irony; Play; Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963); Inspiration; Creativity; Nightmares A MUSE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The baby was wakened from her afternoon nap today by a fierce Last Line: I wrote the poems for her. I still do. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Discontent; Mothers & Daughters; Muses; Poetry & Poets; Women; Women's Rights; Inspiration; Creativity; Dissatisfaction; Feminism A NIGHT ON THE SAINT LAWRENCE (RIMOUSKI), by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: If the world were itself alone, - mere mountains and seas and cities Last Line: Thou brooding, loving artist, whose holiest name is beauty. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Beauty; Creative Ability; God; Nature - Religious Aspects; Night; Rivers; Inspiration; Creativity; Bedtime A PARIS BLACKBIRD, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along the seine's left bank, near the pont-neuf, on the mansard roof Last Line: The scruffy blackbird -- and listen for the cry caught in her bronze throat. Subject(s): Bird-watching; Blackbirds; Creative Ability; Knowledge; Louvre, Paris; Museums; Paris, France; Seine (river), France; Inspiration; Creativity; Art Gallerys A PENNY'S WORTH OF POESY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, when you noted a deflection Last Line: What to write. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Poetry & Poets; Thought; Writing & Writers; Inspiration; Creativity; Thinking A ROSE, by HELEN RAMSEY Poem Text First Line: A flake of dawn's new splendor Last Line: You voiceless living melody! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Gifts & Giving; Love; Roses; Inspiration; Creativity A SUNDAY DRIVE THROUGH EAGLE COUNTRY, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Near no name, colorado Last Line: I knew I'd lost it. Subject(s): Colorado (state); Creative Ability; Death; Deer; Loss; Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911); Metaphor; Poetry & Poets; Pregnancy; Writer's Block; Writing & Writers; Inspiration; Creativity; Dead, The; Similes ACROSS THE INTERVALE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Along life's lowlands, petty men Last Line: Like peaks across an intervale. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Life; Sky; Soul; Inspiration; Creativity AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT, by MARIA ABDY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Does the press wait for copy? I shrink from the task Last Line: With that capital prize—an original thought. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Maria; Abdy, Mira; M. A. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Thought; Writer's Block; Writing & Writers; Inspiration; Creativity; Thinking ANXIETY'S PROSODY, by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anxiety clears meat chunks out of the stew Alternate Author Name(s): Ammons, A. R. Subject(s): Anxiety; Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity ANXIETY'S PROSODY, by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anxiety clears meat chunks out of the stew Last Line: Suasive turnings, mild natures tangled still in knotted clumps [or, suavive turnings, skirts mild na Alternate Author Name(s): Ammons, A. R. Subject(s): Anxiety; Creative Ability ANY KINDNESS THAT YOU DO, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: Will come back to you Subject(s): Creative Ability APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 6, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou wast a maiden fair, so good and kindly Last Line: A little glacier seem'd to be thy heart. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Hearts; Life; Inspiration; Creativity ARROW, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Brown christ Last Line: Look where he goes Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain ART, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In placid hours well-pleased we dream Last Line: To wrestle with the angel -- art. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity AS OFTEN AS BRUISES, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: With god's help, within Subject(s): Creative Ability ASSERTIVE IS WHAT I NEED TO BE, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: To maintain the real me Subject(s): Creative Ability AT A WINDOW SILL, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To write a sonnet needs a quiet mind Last Line: From high apartment windows, in the dark. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity AT HALF-PAST THREE A SINGLE BIRD, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Not so, said cunning jacob! Subject(s): Birds; Time; Creative Ability AT LAST, DEAR WARD, I TAKE A RHYMING QUILL, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: On thine own regal cornerstone: I will! Subject(s): Oxford, England; Creative Ability; Imagination BALCONY, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Lola Last Line: At herself in the pool Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain BALLAD OF ONE DOOMED TO DIE, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Loneliness without rest Last Line: By the rectitude of its folds Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain BETTER TO BE POOR AMONG FRIENDS, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Then rich suffering maladies Subject(s): Creative Ability BEWARE THE IDLE TONGUE, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source Last Line: The heat holds dear Subject(s): Creative Ability BODY'S COLLOQUY, by GARDNER MCFALL Poem Source First Line: Inspiration to mind Last Line: Servant of sight, take up your pen and write! Subject(s): Bodies; Creative Ability CAMELS KNEEL MORE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: To think to pray Subject(s): Creative Ability CASIDA OF THE BRANCHES, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Along the groves of the tamarit Last Line: Waiting for them to break themselves alone Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain CASIDA OF THE LAMENT, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: I have shut my balcony Last Line: Nothing else is heard but the weeping Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Lament; Performing Arts - Spain COMPLIMENT GOD, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: To say one prayer Subject(s): Creative Ability CONCEIVED IN PEACE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Death is life Subject(s): Creative Ability CRY FOR THE NATIONS, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Oh! Cry for the nations Last Line: Whole world. He who has ears let him hear Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability DANCE OF THE MOON IN SANTIAGO, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Regard that white gallant Last Line: In the courtyard of the dead Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain DAYS GROW SHORTER, by CATHERINE WAGNER Poem Source Last Line: Times flies-fleeting! Subject(s): Creative Ability DEATH OF ANTONITO EL CAMBORIO, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis First Line: Voices of death resounded Last Line: Near the guadalquivir Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain DEUS INENARRABILIS, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Did ever author pen a book Last Line: That men might make a book of it. Subject(s): Books; Creative Ability; God; Writing & Writers; Reading; Inspiration; Creativity DON'T BE AFRAID OF SMALL TALK, by DARLA REED Poem Source Last Line: Is not necessary for life-this day Subject(s): Creative Ability DON'T LOSE HOPE, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: When life's troubles Last Line: Shall your victory come Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability DREAM, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Day by day, troubles were added to my list Last Line: Allow god to change your life and renew you Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability DREAM AND YOU PLANT A SEED, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Inspiring others to, likewise, sow Subject(s): Creative Ability EACH MORNING I OPEN MY EYES, by DARLA REED Poem Source Last Line: To be grateful for Subject(s): Creative Ability EARLY MORNING, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: But like love Last Line: The archers %are blind Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain EDUCATION, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source First Line: Education is a miracle, true Last Line: As it becomes part of you Subject(s): Creative Ability EDUCATION IS A FINE THING, by DARLA REED Poem Source Last Line: Is the wisdom to use what I've learned Subject(s): Creative Ability EMERGING FROM A LIFE OF ABUSE, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: With hope will never cease to be in me Subject(s): Creative Ability ENTHUSIASM, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fly from enthusiasm - it is the pest Last Line: Tis a true christian wish, to live and die. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Desire; Wishes; Inspiration; Creativity FACES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: There are two pictures hanging on my wall Last Line: And mary maiden gray the mother of me! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Religion; Women; Women In The Bible; Inspiration; Creativity; Virgin Mary; Theology FALLEN, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A friend had a minnesota catalogue company Last Line: In a glass jar, and place it under the word fallen. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dahlias; Poetry & Poets; Privacy; Redemption; Inspiration; Creativity FAREWELL, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: If I die Last Line: Leave the balcony open Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain FEAR: THE FACELESS EVIL, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Fear is a faceless evil Last Line: Sing, dance, and run circles around the head of fear Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: All the dead are eating little yellow peas Last Line: Into this world or some other. And between. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Death; Jarrell, Randall (1914-1965); Wisdom; Inspiration; Creativity; Dead, The FORGIVENESS-OF YOU-IS FOR ME, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: If not-I have peace Subject(s): Creative Ability GACELA OF THE BITTER ROOT, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: There is a bitter root Last Line: Bite your bitter root Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain GATHER UP WISDOM ALONG THE WAY, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Tell others what you've learned that's new Subject(s): Creative Ability GENTLY BENT TO EASE US'; FOR BILL KNOTT, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rainmakers are these second growths Last Line: Like the emerald gear of a long-dead martyred king. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Creative Ability; Mexico; Heritage; Heredity; Inspiration; Creativity GOD, BLESS THIS HOME, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Each passing minute Subject(s): Creative Ability GREATEST GIFT IN ALL THE WORLD, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: The lesson-to forever dream Subject(s): Creative Ability GUITAR, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis Last Line: Heart mortally wounded %by five swords Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Guitars; Performing Arts - Spain GUNS HAVE BRAINLESS TRIGGERS, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Provoke more ham then they do good Subject(s): Creative Ability H-HEIGHTENS OUR SENSE OF GOODNESS, by ELLA COE Poem Source Last Line: E-eternal life may ours soon be Subject(s): Creative Ability HAPPINESS, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: I find interally Subject(s): Creative Ability HATRED, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Hatred is sometimes a welcoming feeling Last Line: You from receiving blessings from god Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability HE, by CAROL MEEKS Poem Source First Line: He live and died so we could be free Last Line: When we reject him, we are as guilty as they Subject(s): Creative Ability HE WHO HAS NO VISION, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: On shores that make things be Subject(s): Creative Ability HEAR ME LORD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Let not my enemies rejoice against me Last Line: Let not my face be covered in shame Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability HEART OF GOD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Who can know the heart of god? Last Line: Hence, he requires us to serve him with whole heartedness Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability HOW DO I THANK GOD?, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: How do I thank god for all his mercies? Last Line: This way will I thank god, and thank %him everyday of my life Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability HOW IT PASSES, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tomorrow I'll begin to cook like mother Last Line: It won't go away. Subject(s): Aging; Creative Ability; Parents; Women; Women's Rights; Inspiration; Creativity; Parenthood; Feminism HYMN TO THE PENATES, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yet one song more! One high and solemn strain Last Line: Lives the pure song of liberty and truth. Subject(s): Comfort; Creative Ability; Mythology - Classical; Story-telling; Teaching & Teachers; Inspiration; Creativity I CAN'T BE VERY, VERY, GOOD, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: I say, 'goodbye' Subject(s): Creative Ability I CRY, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Moment after moment, day after day I cry Last Line: God will rescue me from %the mouth of the lion Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability I WOKE UP, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: I woke up one morning Last Line: I slept like the innocent and free Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability I'LL NOT DENY MY PROBLEMS, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: Concentrate on the positive Subject(s): Creative Ability I'M SENTENCED TO LIFE, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: Though death to life is the proof Subject(s): Creative Ability IDLE TONGUE, by DARLA REED Poem Source Last Line: It also cannot help Subject(s): Creative Ability IF I LISTEN HARD ENOUGH, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: I can hear the beat of my own drum Subject(s): Creative Ability IF ONLY WE COULD LOVE OUR GOD, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Heaven's soul admission prices Subject(s): Creative Ability IF YOU DO NOT SHINE LIKE THE SUN, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: You'll appear cold to those you need Subject(s): Creative Ability IN BUILDING A NEW IDENTITY, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: It should be a reflection of a loving heart Subject(s): Creative Ability IN EVERY CHILD THERE IS PROMISE AND HOPE, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: We have all failed if they do not achieve Subject(s): Creative Ability IN THE HARDEST TIMES OF MY LIFE, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: I have always turned to-god! Subject(s): Creative Ability INK RUBBING #3, by BILL KECKLER Poem Source First Line: Networks of cells grow over the surface of the object which you Last Line: But you entered the room laughing, flickering with the ability to shape ... Subject(s): Art And Artists; Creative Ability INSPIRATION, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lightest of dancers, with no thought Last Line: High upon heaven-uplifted wings. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Happiness; Inspiration; Creativity; Joy; Delight INSPIRATION, by SARAH SCHNEEWIND Poem Source First Line: Would leap, %I had thought Last Line: Leaving me %in a shuffle of dust Subject(s): Creative Ability INSPIRATION (4), by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If thou wilt but stand by my ear Last Line: But the same power will abet my tongue. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity IT IS NOT THE HEART ITSELF, THAT UNDERSTANDS LOVE, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: It is the mind and our soul that cherish it Subject(s): Creative Ability IT'S A BIT TOO LATE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Beneath the sod Subject(s): Creative Ability IT'S EASY TO SAY, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: By too much to do Subject(s): Creative Ability JESUS, THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: When the wind blows, the earth quakes Last Line: Can any be compared to him? Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 10, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus to the martyrs in their country's cause Last Line: Give to the arms of freedom such success. Variant Title(s): The Crowning Of The King Subject(s): Coronations; Creative Ability; England; Faith; France; Freedom; God; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Victory; War; Inspiration; Creativity; English; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Heroes; Heroines JUST A SINGLE MORAL SLIP, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Reviving as best it could Subject(s): Creative Ability KANSAS (2), by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Give me the land where miles of wheat Last Line: Let me live and let me die. Variant Title(s): Kansas Subject(s): Creative Ability; Kansas; Nature; Wheat; Inspiration; Creativity KEEP SMILING, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source First Line: Our lives are portioned Last Line: Smiles instead of frowns Subject(s): Creative Ability KIND MOUTH MULTIPLIES FRIENDSHIPS, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Spiteful ones will upset his heart Subject(s): Creative Ability KIND OF LIFE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Outweighs the bad Subject(s): Creative Ability LAMENT FOR IGNAXIO SANCHEZ MEJIAS, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis First Line: At five in the afternoon Last Line: And I remember a sad breeze through the olive trees Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Bullfights And Bullfighters; Creative Ability; Death; Performing Arts - Spain LAWS FOR CREATIONS, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And that you or any one must approach creations through such laws? Subject(s): Creative Ability LEADER, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: A leader is nonexistent until he embraces the laws of god Last Line: More importantly, a leader puts god first in all %that he does Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability LIFE IS BETTER THAN A BOX OF CHOCOLATES, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: It's all the junk food you can eat with no-weight gain! Subject(s): Creative Ability LIFE IS SHORT AND DEMANDING, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: If we want it to be Subject(s): Creative Ability LIMERICK, by JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER Poem Text First Line: There is a creator named god Last Line: That he does no great credit to god. Subject(s): Creative Ability; God; Paintings And Painters; Inspiration; Creativity LINES TO A BEAUTIFUL AND BUS-RIDING LADY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou who wert seated ahead of Last Line: Thy veil as it blew. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Poetry & Poets; Inspiration; Creativity LITTLE, LITTLE THINGS, by CATHERINE WAGNER Poem Source Last Line: Makes much love Subject(s): Creative Ability LONELINESS, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source First Line: This world's a sad and lonely place Last Line: Who need a friend today Subject(s): Creative Ability LORD ANSWERED ME, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: In my distress I prayed unto the lord Last Line: The god who answers %my every prayer Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability LORD ESTABLISH ME, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Lord, I see my enemies rejoice Last Line: Because your word is life Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability LORD PUT EYES IN FRONT OF YOUR HEAD, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: You'll always have something to look forward to Subject(s): Creative Ability LOVE VERSUS LUST, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Love is blind, they say Last Line: Indeed, love covers a multitude of sins Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability LOVE'S INSPIRATION, by TRISTAN LECLERE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I sit at the rosewood table Last Line: And swiftly from my pen the pages darken. Alternate Author Name(s): Klingsor, Tristan Subject(s): Creative Ability; Paper; Pens & Pencils; Singing & Singers; Writing & Writers; Inspiration; Creativity; Songs LOVE'S SIMILITUDES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: In vernal grove a poplar slim Last Line: Perfection's perfected in thee! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Love; Metaphor; Nature; Trees; Inspiration; Creativity; Similes MAKERS, by DAVID GALLER Poem Source First Line: What could I make,' socrates might have asked Last Line: Fashioned by waves perhaps - though this entailed %replacingthe sea. He made that craft his art Subject(s): Creative Ability; Discipline MAKING BEASTS, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was about ten Last Line: On the feet I never gave it. Subject(s): Children; Creative Ability; Thought; Childhood; Inspiration; Creativity; Thinking MAN AND GOD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Can a man resist god? Last Line: Resist god and become %the devil's breakfast Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability MANUSCRIPT IN A BOTTLE, by PABLO ANTONIO CUADRA Poem Source First Line: I had seen coconut trees and tamarinds Last Line: The girl in red Subject(s): Creative Ability; Hallucinations And Illusions; Likes And Dislikes; Poetry And Poets MANY OF THE POOR LIVE IN HOMES, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Built on strifes that never cease Subject(s): Creative Ability MAYBE, I'M STRONG-BECAUSE I CRY, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Subject(s): Creative Ability MEN LABOR, TOIL, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: To loss of their souls Subject(s): Creative Ability MERCY OF GOD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: The mercy of god is great Last Line: For his mercy endures forever Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability MOMENTS I SPEND IN REVERIE, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: Inspired to reach my goal Subject(s): Creative Ability MONETARY GAIN IS OF NO SIGNIFICANCE, WHEN CONTEMPLATING, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: A poet knows, is found in the written word. A legacy of love Subject(s): Creative Ability MOTHER I LOVE, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: The mother I love is the ideal woman Last Line: Indeed can take her place Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability MOTHER, AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: The lessons of life as they can Subject(s): Creative Ability MY HEAVENLY FATHER, by CAROL MEEKS Poem Source First Line: When I fail Last Line: You pick me up, you set me upon a rock Subject(s): Creative Ability MY HELP IS IN GOD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Where will my help come? Last Line: He will dry my tears forever Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability MY INSPIRATION?, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A lovely woman, like the eglantine Last Line: To form a perfect whole of spotless white. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity NARROW ROAD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Narrow is the road we travel Last Line: Everlasting joy with our savior, jesus christ Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability NEVER MIND, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source First Line: If life isn't perfect Last Line: And you'll never mind Subject(s): Creative Ability NIGHT, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Candle, lamp Last Line: Lantern, and firefly Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain NOT EVERY DAY FIT FOR VERSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis not ev'ry day, that I Last Line: That brave spirit comes agen. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity O PRECIOUS MUSE, by DELLA MCDANIEL Poem Text First Line: Had I, when I was younger Last Line: A modest hour with you. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Life; Love; Muses; Writing & Writers; Inspiration; Creativity OBSCENE WORDS WRITTEN WITH THE MOUTH, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Beyond ever disappearing Subject(s): Creative Ability OPEN SESAME, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source First Line: If one door is closed Last Line: If door knobs are broken Subject(s): Creative Ability OPINION FOR A CARD, by F. JOHN HERBERT Poem Source First Line: I have an opinion for a card to go a distance Last Line: I hope I sometimes suggested to the lamb %that we are on the stage of history %and the lever may be Subject(s): Creative Ability OPPOSING SIDE OF THE CREATIVE FORCE, by JONO SCHNEIDER Poem Source First Line: In short, that which I'd written frightened me to the point of an impression Last Line: Of being understood: lava of meaning as the law of mutation, the molting of signifying feathers Subject(s): Creative Ability OUR LOSING SIGHT OF WHO WE ARE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Thoughtless of the darkness ahead Subject(s): Creative Ability PAPER TOPICS: A POEM, by KIRSTEN WASSON Poem Source First Line: 1) write a paper in which you discuss the last three times you lied Last Line: Else's mouth. Wad the paper up, chew it hard and swallow Subject(s): Creative Ability; Imagination; Writing And Writers PASO, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Virgin in crinoline Last Line: Down the river of the street %to the sea Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain PAST IS JUST THAT PAST, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: When you finally let go and seek not to control Subject(s): Creative Ability POEM FOR JAMES WRIGHT, by ROBERT BLY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I read your lines Last Line: Is still beautiful. Subject(s): Beauty; Creative Ability; Loss; Salvation; War; Wright, James (1927-1980); Inspiration; Creativity POEM OF THE SAETA, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: The dark archers Last Line: Ay guadalquivir Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain PRAYER OF THANKS, by CAROL MEEKS Poem Source First Line: Thank you lord for letting us make it through the night Last Line: And thank you lord for living and making our future bright Subject(s): Creative Ability PROCESSION, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Through the lanes Last Line: Orlando furioso Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain PROCLAIM THE LORD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Proclaim the lord all the people Last Line: My endeavors for all to see Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO A BIRD MASQUE: PROLOGUE, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Gentles, just now I met an elf Last Line: Be showered by my players' glad applause. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Art & Artists; Birds; Creative Ability; Poetry & Poets; Robins; Inspiration; Creativity QUICKENING, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Such little, puny things are words in rhyme Last Line: The stirring of a sonnet still unborn. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity RECIPE FOR A POEM, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Take for your hero some thoroughbred scamp Last Line: "ere I swallow the brood of that ""heathen chinee." Subject(s): Creative Ability;poetry & Poets; Inspiration;creativity REDEMPTION, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Just when I was coming out of the water Last Line: For him to rescue me from the water Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability REGRET MISTAKES JUST LONG ENOUGH FROM THEM TO LEARN, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: But not long enough to beat myself with guilt unearned Subject(s): Creative Ability RESILENCE, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source First Line: Secure is god's love Last Line: No matter how stressing Subject(s): Creative Ability RESILENCE, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source First Line: When like the sands upon the beach Last Line: To see which way to go Subject(s): Creative Ability RIDDLE OF THE GUITAR, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis First Line: At the round Last Line: The guitar! Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain RIDER'S SONG, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Cordoba %far away and alone Last Line: Far away and alone Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain ROMANCE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What wildly-beauteous form Last Line: Although by all unheard the melodies expire. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Knowledge; Love; Pain; Travel; War; Inspiration; Creativity; Suffering; Misery; Journeys; Trips ROSES IN THE SUNLIGHT, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source Last Line: To give our hearts delight Subject(s): Creative Ability SAME OLD SONNET, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: I would a moment of my time engage Last Line: That one can't fathom it with fourteen lines. Subject(s): Beauty; Creative Ability; Man-woman Relationships; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Inspiration; Creativity; Male-female Relations SEEK OUT WISDOM, RATHER THAN GOLD, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: So that your soul may be worth more Subject(s): Creative Ability SEVILLE, by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Seville is a tower Last Line: Always seville to wound Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Creative Ability; Performing Arts - Spain SMALL TALK, by ESTHER SEADEEK Poem Source First Line: People here, people there Last Line: Heard what I said and thinks it yet Subject(s): Creative Ability SOME PEOPLE THEIR ATTENTION FIXES, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And others cultivates heconomy Subject(s): Creative Ability; Likes And Dislikes SOMETIMES I UP, by ELLA COE Poem Source Last Line: Remain sound Subject(s): Creative Ability SONNET TO ARISTE: 3, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let ancient stories sound the painter's art Last Line: The charms that blossom on ariste's cheek! Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Mythology - Classical; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Venus (goddess); Inspiration; Creativity SONNET TO ARISTE: 4, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I praise thee not, ariste, that thine eye Last Line: The fading orbit smiles serenely bright. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Praise; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Soul; Inspiration; Creativity SONNET TO THE FIRE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My friendly fire, thou blazest clear and bright Last Line: And o'er my ashes muse, as I will muse o'er thine. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Fire; Legacies; Muses; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Inspiration; Creativity SONNET: 9, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair is the rising morn when o'er the sky Last Line: Pour out the feelings of my burthened heart. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dawn; Happiness; Morning; Poetry & Poets; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Inspiration; Creativity; Sunrise; Joy; Delight SONNET: FOR INSPIRATION, by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed Last Line: And sound thy praises everlastingly. Alternate Author Name(s): Michel Angelo Variant Title(s): Psalm 51;to The Supreme Being;a Supplication Subject(s): Creative Ability; Prayer; Inspiration; Creativity SPIRIT, by JORDAN MILLER Poem Source First Line: A spirit moves me as I write, Last Line: Who's the fool who needs you most? Subject(s): Creative Ability; Muses; Writer's Block; Writing And Writers SPLENDOR, by THOMAS CENTOLELLA Poem Source First Line: One day it's the clouds Last Line: Wish, the deepest, the darkest, %turned inside out Subject(s): Creative Ability ST. LUKE'S SUNDAY, by JIM BODEEN Poem Source First Line: There has been an itch in my ear all week Last Line: There is a ringing in my ear a moment %where we all turn in to colorful birds Subject(s): Creative Ability; Prayer; Religion STORMS OF LIFE, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: When we are tossed to and from Last Line: God and to your freedom Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability TAKE THE KINDNESS GOD GIVES YOU, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Turns brothers against brothers Subject(s): Creative Ability TAKE WHATEVER TALENT GOD GAVE YOU, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: From manifesting it as you may Subject(s): Creative Ability THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I love the mountain peak Last Line: Buried in mist. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Soul; Inspiration; Creativity THE CHOIR INVISIBLE, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, may I join the choir invisible Last Line: Whose music is the gladness of the world. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Ambition; Creative Ability; Life Change Events; Music & Musicians; Religion; Worship; Inspiration; Creativity; Theology THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN), by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I once dreamt that cezanne lectured on the circumnavigation of a pear Last Line: And peace. Subject(s): Creative Ability; God; Knowledge; Metaphor; Philosophy & Philosophers; Poetry & Poets; Revolutions; Truth; Inspiration; Creativity; Similes THE GAIETY OF FORM, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How sweet to weight the line with all these vowels Subject(s): Comfort; Creative Ability; Play; Pleasure; Vowels; Inspiration; Creativity THE GIFT, by CORA MCWHINNEY HAND Poem Text First Line: O come! - you of the winged feet, silver - shod Last Line: And bloom in pure perfection at the dawn of morn! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 61. THE SONG-THROE, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By thine own tears thy song must tears beget Last Line: The inspir'd recoil shall pierce thy brother's heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity THE LOVE POEM, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A cranky child curled in my lap Last Line: Who says he'll stay. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Poetry & Poets; Inspiration; Creativity THE POET'S INSPIRATION, by CRATINUS Poem Text First Line: If with water you fill up your glasses Last Line: Which hurries a bard to the skies. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Drinks & Drinking; Inspiration; Creativity; Wine THE TRUIMPH OF ART, by JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER Poem Text First Line: Create! Create! Last Line: Create! Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity THE WORLD ISN'T A WEDDING OF THE ARTISTS OF YESTERDAY, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: A stub of red pencil in your hand Last Line: Is a mystery rising behind you on the wind. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Legacies; Inspiration; Creativity THERE IS A WAY, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Sometimes in our lives Last Line: So should you pant for him Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability THINGS I'VE SEEN, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: And lift me up to soar again Subject(s): Creative Ability THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: Through the cruel blasts of futurity Subject(s): Creative Ability TO HER MAJESTY CAROLINE ON HER ACCESSION TO THE THRONE, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An english muse shall close the solemn scene Last Line: And rocks, and clouds, and trees, in little landskips rise. Subject(s): Colonialism; Courts & Courtiers; Creative Ability; Great Britain; Love; Praise; Inspiration; Creativity TO HYMEN, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God of the torch, whose soul-illuming flame Last Line: Nor knows the dread of death. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Faith; Friendship; God; Humanity; Life; Love; Maturity; Inspiration; Creativity; Belief; Creed TO JOHN HODDESDON, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou hast inspired me with thy soul, and I Last Line: Will onely serve to be a foil to his. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Poetry & Poets; Soul; Inspiration; Creativity TO MASTER HENRY FIELDING, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: I' faith, good hal, you have a saucy wit Last Line: From storks to weeds and willows! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); Honor; Passion; Inspiration; Creativity TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 15. THE MISSION OF ART, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: O, ugliness is but skin deep, young man Last Line: So art should paint the inner beauty's ways. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Beauty; Creative Ability; Inspiration; Creativity TO SHAKESPEARE'S MOTHER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Did he, madonna, on thy bosom turning Last Line: Girlish ophelia's love, and juliet's grave. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dramatists; Legacies; Mothers & Sons; Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Women; Inspiration; Creativity; Dramatists TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE DODINGTON, ESQ., by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As late I rov'd by lodon's whispering stream Last Line: "when on that theme my young and thomson fail?'" Subject(s): Apollo; Bubb Dodington, George. Baron Melcombe; Creative Ability; Mythology - Classical; Praise; Inspiration; Creativity TO VIOLET (WITH A BUNCH OF NAMESAKES), by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a maid - I am afraid Last Line: My rhymes are filled with u. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Flowers; Man-woman Relationships; Poetry & Poets; Violets; Inspiration; Creativity; Male-female Relations TOYMAKER GLOOMY BUT THEN AGAIN SOMETIMES HAPPY, by MICHAEL BENEDIKT Poem Source First Line: (1) how can a person practically drowning in the seas of circumstance Last Line: Which, every now & then, sometimes even dances Subject(s): Children; Creative Ability; Factories; Toys TRANSIENT, by ELIZABETH SEYDEL MORGAN Poem Source First Line: Widening circles of thin gold swamp grass Last Line: The creator knows, and lets go Subject(s): Art And Artists; Creative Ability; Nature TRIALS OF A SPRING POET, by JULIAN FRANCIS SMITH Poem Text First Line: I sat me down beneath a tree Last Line: In safety in the city. Subject(s): Cities; Country Life; Creative Ability; Urban Life; Inspiration; Creativity TROUBLE WITH OUR SEEKING, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Of our own soul's health Subject(s): Creative Ability VIEW #27: INSPIRATION POINT, by THOMAS CENTOLELLA Poem Source First Line: Was it the desert's %thin air? The higher we climbed Last Line: You were cruel to touch us %as if you cared Subject(s): Creative Ability WAITING FOR THE STARS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How much I long for the night to come Last Line: The thirst for the dark heavens. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Desire; Legacies; Night; Inspiration; Creativity; Bedtime WATCHMEN, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: A man was walking down a dark and dreary road on a cold Last Line: With faith you can move mountains Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability WE ALL SHOULD DO, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Fore put to rest Subject(s): Creative Ability WHAT THE PACEMAKER DOES FOR THE HEART, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Keeps one moving toward heaven's goal Subject(s): Creative Ability WHATEVER GOD MAKES, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Turns to rust Subject(s): Creative Ability WHEN I LOOK INTERNALLY, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: I find the answer to things outside of me Subject(s): Creative Ability WHEN I LOST MY FATHER-I WAS SHOCKED-SAD-AND MAD, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: I cried out-god heard me! Subject(s): Creative Ability WHEN MY BEST FOR THIS DAY, by DEE FRANCES Poem Source Last Line: I remember-this is the best I can do today Subject(s): Creative Ability WHEN MY HOPES HAVE VANISHED, by DARLA REED Poem Source Last Line: You know' Subject(s): Creative Ability WHEN SENSATION IS FRUSTRATION, by FLORIANA HALL Poem Source Last Line: Resulting in appreciation Subject(s): Creative Ability WHO ARE YOU?, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: You are the bright morning star Last Line: My only peace in times of trouble, %you are jesus Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability WILD HEART; FOR TRISHA, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where would I be if not for your wild heart? Last Line: How could I live? How could I make my art? Subject(s): Art & Artists; Creative Ability; Hearts; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Muses; Inspiration; Creativity; Male-female Relations WILL OF GOD, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: Anguish engulfs me like a blanket Last Line: Blessings chased me down the street %and overlook me Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability YOU CAN GO DOWN THE WRONG ROAD, by PAM MICHARD Poem Source Last Line: But still find the right tracks Subject(s): Creative Ability YOU SOUGHT TO CONTROL, YOU WOULDN'T LET GO, by TRACY LYNN Poem Source Last Line: Love doesn't seek to destroy Subject(s): Creative Ability YOUR PASSPORT IN LIFE, by MICHAEL J SMAJDA Poem Source Last Line: Should be your goal Subject(s): Creative Ability YOUR PROMISE IS FOR EVER SURE, by CHIAKA OSUJI Poem Source First Line: You have made me a promise lord Last Line: Good because your word is for ever sure Subject(s): Christianity; Creative Ability |
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