Poems

The Dormouse and the Doctor There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red), And all the day long […]

The End When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three, I was hardly seen. […]

The King’s Breakfast The King’s Breakfast The King asked The Queen, and The Queen asked The Dairymaid: “Could we have some butter for The Royal slice […]

The Morning Walk When Anne and I go out a walk, We hold each other’s hand and talk Of all the things we mean to do […]

Twinkletoes When the sun Shines through the leaves of the apple-tree, When the sun Makes shadows of the leaves of the apple-tree, Then I pass On […]

Us Two Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, There’s always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do, “Where are you going today?” says […]

Waiting at the Window These are my two drops of rain Waiting on the window-pane. I am waiting here to see Which the winning one will […]

Wind on the Hill No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It’s flying from somewhere As fast […]

“Untitled Poem” Once, one of my students read a book we had. She was doing a history assignment on the decline and fall of the Roman […]

Drunken Memories Of Anne Sexton The first and last time I met my ex-lover Anne Sexton was at a protest poetry reading against some anti-constitutional war […]