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Classic poem of the day

'Twixt midnight and the dawn a weirdness falls;
In hush of wonder, night-winds softlier blow:
A far cock hails the wane of night—and lo!
An eerie dream-horn through the silence calls.
Through the thin air faint drones of meaning go;
Capricious gusts wake drowsily and run
Across the dusky fields to prophesy the sun.

I, wakened by the spirit of the time,
Slough off the drowse, as soul doth flesh at last;
Over the window-sill mysel......

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Member poem of the day

by jeffzod

With pain in her heart she cursed,
Heart bitter taste like bitter root,
No cure her mind was poisoned,
Raging with hate red hot anger,
No remedy humanity taken away,
Kind heart turned to blazing fire,
A burn so deep consuming her soul,
For hell on earth is what she saw.

Every night she spent in tears,
Nothing but darkness around,
She heard voices chuckling,
A whispering sound rattling,
Coming towards her in silence,
In pac...

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