written by Dorothy ParkerSome men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up the matter.
Dorothy Parker
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Thu 12.16.2010 at 04:46
Hope it was that tutored me,
And Love that taught me more;
And now I learn at Sorrow's knee
The self-same lore.
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Mon 12.13.2010 at 11:04
If I should labor through daylight and dark,
Consecrate, valorous, serious, true,
Then on the world I may blazon my mark;
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Fri 12.10.2010 at 10:57
Joy stayed with me a night --
Young and free and fair --
And in the morning light
He left me there.
Then Sorrow came to stay,
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Thu 12.02.2010 at 18:48
There's a place I know where the birds swing low,
And wayward vines go roaming,
Where the lilacs nod, and a marble god
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Tue 11.23.2010 at 18:41
Star, that gives a gracious dole,
What am I to choose?
Oh, will it be a shriven soul,
Or little buckled shoes?
written by Dorothy Parker, published on Fri 11.19.2010 at 23:18
This level reach of blue is not my sea;
Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,
Whose quiet ripples meet obediently