Anna Poems - Poems about Anna

... Anna Liisa was Great-grandmother's name. She emigrated from Finland at the beginning of the 20th century. I have only one memory of Anna Liisa from back when I was 10. She was elderly then and ha......Read the rest...

... My name is not six million I am Anna who once loved And dreamed and hoped I am not a number tattooed on my arm I have a name Anna who knew fear When they made us run down the street To the t......Read the rest...

...It’s a chill and rainy Saturday night in New Haven - it’s Superbowl eve! My roommates Leong, Anna and Lisa and I were playing a game of Upwards - it’s a scrabble-like word game and we’re all strangel......Read the rest...

...We’re (my roommates and I) at a specific time of youth - a time I’ll call “close.” We aren’t fully adults but we’re close, we’re not completely out and independent, but we’re close. And once again, w......Read the rest...

...Everything is selected carefully for the making of the queen. Everything is selected carefully before the queen gets married to the deal. The temperament of the mother and the father was tested in th......Read the rest...

...Here lies Anna, lost without her mate, he's promised to another, an honour, trapped within his fate. Savage, this hand, dealt in arcane amour, her affection cannot placate, nor dictate, ......Read the rest...

...Oh, poor Anna Creontic Reduced to a poetic antic Who in her prime, Exuding rhythm and rhyme Broke the hearts of so many Including mine. Therefore, I shall not disclose The “cut of her jib” o......Read the rest...

...Lorraine A gorgeous blend of white and brown That made the day wipe my deep frown A fine maiden with hair like silk With skin so soft and white as milk Cindy Tallest beauty in all o......Read the rest...

...It’s Friday afternoon. Anna, Lisa, Leong and I are sitting around our common room - sagging actually - after a long day. “I need a break,” I said, “now’s the time - today, this day - it's been a lo......Read the rest...

... In the shade and slip of paternal seas, a daughter dwells, known to all, consumed in thought by maternal deceits. Angel's flared bells blow a squall, in protest of her love for only me. ......Read the rest...

...It’s Harvard VS Yale this weekend, the vibes are just starting now. Everyone - and I mean everyone - has been asking about my game tickets, because guest tickets are $25 a pop. I’m more interested in......Read the rest...

...We crept down a meandering country road, gravel crackling underneath our tires. The countryside stretched before us like a great quilt of golden, brown, and green squares held together by the thick g......Read the rest...

...It’s Monday afternoon, the first day after Fall Break. Several of my suitemates are here, relaxing a bit before we hit the dining hall and then scatter, like debris from a bomb. There are a zillion t......Read the rest...

...It’s Sunday afternoon and several of us, Leong, Sunny, Anna, Lisa and her new BF Dave (well, he isn’t ‘new,’ he’s 26) and I are watching an NFL football game. The Eagles vs the Jets. There’s a pla......Read the rest...

...Last weekend was “Parent’s” weekend at Yale. A time when parents are formally invited to visit. They have receptions and other events - but no potato-sack races (which is disappointing). My parents c......Read the rest...