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Selected by Dr Oliver Tearle Over the last five years or so, we’ve been compiling lists of ‘best poems’ by various poets, and on numerous topics. In this post, we gather together 33 of the very best short poems in the English language. All of the following poems qualify as ‘short poems’ because they’re (for the most part) not longer than a page in length – and in many cases, significantly shorter – and are classic poems in their field. What are your favourite very short poems? This classic poem is one of the longest on this list of short poems, first appeared in the 1794 collection Songs of Experience, which contains many of Blake’s most celebrated poems. Blake’s speaker wonders about the creator responsible for such a fearsome creature as the tiger. The fiery imagery used throughout the poem conjures the tiger’s aura of danger: fire equates to fear. Percy Shelley, ‘ Published in The Examiner on 11 January 1818, ‘Ozymandias’ is perhaps Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most celebrated and best-known poem. A sonnet about the remnants of a statue standing alone in a desert – a desert which was once the vast civilisation of Ozymandias, ‘King of Kings’ – the poem is a haunting meditation on the fall of civilisations and the futility of all human endeavour. Shelley wrote the poem as part of a competition with his friend, Horace Smith. Lewis Carroll, ‘ One of the most popular children’s poems written in English, and perhaps the most famous piece of not ‘the Jabberwocky’), and an intrepid h...

Despite passing away in 1273, Rumi’s poems are incredibly popular today. They’ve been translated into dozens of languages and are read by poetry lovers and students alike. They are well-known for their ability to get to the heart of an issue, like love or religion, in only a few lines or words. Below, readers can explore a few of the best-known and most commonly studied Rumi poems. Best Rumi Poems • 1 When I Die • 2 Thou and I • 3 I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine • 4 The Gifts of the Beloved • 5 A Prayer • 6 Love Sounds the Music of the Spheres • 7 If You are Seeking, Seek Us with Joy • 8 This is How I Would Die • 9 The Flame of Love • 10 FAQs When I Die This famous Rumi poem focuses on eternal life after death. The poet asks that others When I die when my coffin is being taken out you must never think I am missing this world The lines demonstrate the Thou and I ‘Thou and I’is unusual among the poems on this list in that it uses longer, Happy the moment when we are seated in the Palace, thou and I. With two forms and with two figures but with one soul, thou and I. The colours of the grove and the voice of the birds will bestow immortality At the time when we come into the garden, thou and I. The stars of heaven will come to gaze upon us; The I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine ‘I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine ‘ is a short, easy-to-read poem that describes a speaker’s love for God and how eternal life is obtained. The title references that which the speaker believes one should address to...

Khooni Vaisakhi, a long poem that details the events that led up to the bloodbath at Jallianwala Bagh, the actual event and its aftermath, was banned by the British upon its publication in 1920, and copies were destroyed. Last year, on the occasion of the centenary of the massacre, it was published again. Khooni Vaisakhi: A Poem From The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919 features an English translation by Nanak Singh's grandson, His Excellency Navdeep Suri, India's Ambassador to the UAE, alongside the corresponding Punjabi verse. Interestingly, the book also includes an essay by Justin Rowlatt, great-grandson of Sir Sidney Rowlatt, who authored the Rowlatt Act. Reproduced below is an excerpt from the poem. Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims together, my friends. Folks young and old, and lads went too For only a handful had stayed back, my friends. They went to speak, to share their grief Place lives at stake without fear, my friends. Worrying no more about their precious lives They left this world behind, my friends. With slender hope of coming back home Desires and dreams abandoned too, my friends. With their own blood, they wanted to bloom The parched soil of the Bagh, my friends. Like swarms of moths, they gathered around To be singed by violent flames, my friends. Fed up with life, they courted death Forcing Yama to accept their will, my friends. Like Mansour, who said, ‘I am the Truth!' When he knew he'd meet the gallows, my friends. Like Shams Tabrizi, whose quest for God Ended up ...

Today is the anniversary of the publication of Robert Frost’s iconic poem “ NB that I limited myself to one poem per poet—which means that the impetus for this list actually gets bumped for the widely quoted (and misunderstood) “The Road Not Taken,” but so it goes. I also excluded book-length poems, because they’re really a different form. Finally, despite the headline, I’m sure there are many, many iconic poems out there that I’ve missed—so feel free to extend this list in the comments. But for now, happy reading (and re-reading): William Carlos Williams, “ T. S. Eliot, “ One of the defining works of the Harlem Renaissance, by its greatest poet. It also, of course, gave inspiration and lent a title to another literary classic: Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Sylvia Plath, “ To be quite honest, my favorite Plath poem is “ Robert Hayden, “ The most famous poem, and a terribly beautiful one, by our country’s first African-American Poet Laureate (though the position was then called Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress). See also: “ Wallace Stevens, “ This one takes the cake for the sheer number of “thirteen ways of looking at x” knockoffs that I’ve seen. But please see also: “ Allen Ginsberg, “ With On the Road, the most enduring piece of literature from the mythologized Beat Generation, and of the two, the better one. Even the least literate of your friends would probably recognize the line “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness . . ...

By Toronto based Poet, Anis Zuberi Courtesy, Junaid Zuberi Another translation of Faiz rendered by a Toronto based poet – Anis Zuberi. This is a timeless poem or nazm, aaj bazaar main pa ba jolan chalo has been translated and explained below. Aaj bazaar main pa ba jolan chalo aaj bazaar main pa bajolan chalo let us walk in bazaar in shackles Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin wet eyes and restless soul is not enough Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda kafi nahin being charged for nurturing concealed love is not enough aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo let us walk in bazaar in shackles Dast afshan chalo, mast-o-raqsan chalo let us go with afshan in hand, in trance and dancing Khak bar sar chalo, khoon badaman chalo go with dust on head and blood on garb Rah takta hai sub shehr-e-janaan chalo Go as the city of my beloved is waiting Hakim-e-shehr bhi, majma-e-aam bhi City’s ruler and crowd of commoners Teer-e-ilzam bhi, sang-e-dushnam bhi arrow of false charge, stone of accusation Subh-e-nashaad bhi, roz-e-naakaam bhi morning of sorrow, day of failure Unka dum-saaz apnay siwa kaun hai who is their friend except me Shehr-e-janaan main ab baa-sifa kaun hai who is untainted in the city of beloved Dast-e-qatil kay shayan raha kaun hai who deserve the killers or executioners hand Rakht-e-dil bandh lo, dil figaro chalo get ready for the journey of heart, go wounded heart Phir hameen qatl ho aain yaro chalo let me go to be executed In addition to vocabulary, Urdu poetry has also acquired it...

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