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In 1926, Parker published her first book of poetry, Enough Rope, which became a bestseller. Her other collections include Sunset Gun (1928) and Death and Taxes (1931). Parker’s poetry is marked by cleverness but also by the deep depression that plagued her.
Dorothy Parker was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit and sharp observations about urban life in the 20th century. Her work, spanning several decades, captured the spirit of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties with its flippant cynicism and unflinching honesty.
Readers can explore ten of the best poems Dorothy Parker wrote throughout her life on this list. They engage with themes as different as suicide, heartbreak, and the death of dreams. No matter one’s personal history, there will be a poem on this list that feels relatable and inspiring.
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Love Song. By Dorothy Parker. My own dear love, he is strong and bold. And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled—. Oh, a girl, she’d not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world,—.
Poem in the American Manner. By Dorothy Parker. I dunno yer highfalutin' words, but here's th' way it seems. When I'm peekin' out th' winder o' my little House o Dreams; I've been lookin' 'roun' this big ol' world, as bizzy as a hive, An' I want t' tell ye, neighbor mine, it's good t' be alive.
Dorothy Parker. 1893 –. 1967. A single flow’r he sent me, since we met. All tenderly his messenger he chose; Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet—. One perfect rose. I knew the language of the floweret; “My fragile leaves,” it said, “his heart enclose.”.
