by Zona Gale
ERE I sit with eighty years Buried somewhere in my bones. I can only see the world Move along in monotones. All the peril of the sun And the laughter too are done. (Hear the fools there… Read the rest
Category: Poems
Talking Blues
by Woody Guthrie
If you want to get to heaven, tell you what to do Gotta grease your feet with some good beef stew Slide right out of the devil's hand And slide over into the promised land But go… Read the rest
The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
by Woody Guthrie
I'm just a lonesome traveler the great historical bum I'm highly educated from history I have come I built the rock of ages that was the year of one And that was about the biggest thing that… Read the rest
This Land Is Your Land
by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. As I was… Read the rest
True Love
by Woody Guthrie
True love, true love Don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? I slept in the pines Where the sun never shines And I shivvered With a cold deadly cold. I wish to… Read the rest
Jackhammer John
by Woody Guthrie
I'm Jackhammer John A jackhammer man Born with a jackhammer In my hand Lord Lord I got them Jackhammer Blues. Jackhammer man From a jackhammer town Built every port From the North Pole down Lord God, I… Read the rest
Riding in My Car
by Woody Guthrie
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm, brrrm b' brrrm Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b' brrrm Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b' brrrm Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm Take me… Read the rest
Ship in the Sky
by Woody Guthrie
A curley headed kid with a sunshiny smile Heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky To her playmates she said with a bright twinkling eyes My daddy rides that ship in the… Read the rest
Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
by William Wordsworth
Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With a soft inland murmur.--Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,… Read the rest
She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
by William Wordsworth
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! ---Fair as a… Read the rest