Privations Poems - Poems about Privations

...van Gogh Self-Portrait The face is gaunt, strained as though it had suffered severe privations or mind-altering experiences. It’s all there in the fixed stare of the eyes beneath bone-led......Read the rest...

...She Hasn't Killed me yet 58. There are dangers all around us To affect our troubled soul. There are hazards such to make a Healthy person......Read the rest...

...My life in time will soon unwind As a callous Death will have his way And despite my plans... I understand... Today could be the day. My baggage is extensive. My burdens lie within. It's not ......Read the rest...

...Make aim to the stars The motion of the tide and the movement therein Beckons on to me, Silent as it moves over the oceans width Gentle as a wind from the sea Mysterious is the future of......Read the rest...

..."Madame Bovary", a novel by French novelist Gustave Flaubert, in 1856. Flaubert reconstructed a conventional story of adultery into a lasting work of heartfelt humanity. Madame Bovary ......Read the rest...

...His village is a plantation of privations, where a variety of sorrows grow. Love like corn lives within a pale cover. Pain is buried in the furrow of misery. Moneyless ......Read the rest...

...In the eases softening breeze leaves rustle in the crisp Autumn air, as the creeping shadows begin to claim the Hallows of the darkening night, layer by layer the blackness Swallows whole the last......Read the rest...

...The motion of the tides and movement therein beckons on to me, Silent as it moves over the oceans width, gentle as a wind from the sea; A mystery is the future of our passing lives, only a semblan......Read the rest...

...The banner of red, white, and blue, Is a beautiful sight, ‘tis true. Endeared by many, scorned by some, Its place in history securely won. Under this banner many proudly serve, From duty they are sw......Read the rest...

...For Kenneth Koch We met each other in Smyrna Birthplace of Seferis Walked all the day together around Ephesus Admiring the antiquities And chatting about the troubles of a new era We came from......Read the rest...

... Time Thieves By Rick Rucker We steal all the Time we can, When I’m with You, I’m Happy Man! Life attempts to keep us apart, But it can’t defeat a Burning Heart! The warmth of yo......Read the rest...