Everyday Poems Archives - Volumes of Words

‘To The New Year’

New Year’s Eve holds a lot of promises. Whether you’re hoping to complete your resolutions and hoping for big changes, or

What makes you, you? People tend to compare themselves to others at different stages of their lives. Sometimes these comparisons

During the week, some of you get an early start for work or whatever else you have in store for

Frankenstein’s monster, like any stranger in the night, wants someone to love. Of course his problem is that he can’t

You know that feeling when you say a word over and over again, and all of a sudden it’s no

Autumn is undeniably my favorite season. The air gets crisper and the leaves change into a display that is as

The question Larkin asks in the first line of “Days” is so simple, it’s almost silly. ‘What are days for?’

James Schuyler, ‘Past is Past’ Imagine this poem as a self-contained moment — like pretending time is still when you