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Peace

Langston Hughes

We passed their graves:
The dead men there,
Winners or losers,
Did not care.
In the dark
They could not see
Who had gained
The victory.




Quotes of the Day

I think it better that in times like these a poets mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right

• William Butler Yeats



Poems of the Day
  • Carl Sandburg
    Anna Imroth
    by Carl Sandburg
    CROSS the hands over the breast here--so. Straighten the legs a little more--so. And call for the wagon to come and take her home. Her mother will cry some and so will her sisters and brothers.