Poetry Break!
August 1, 2018
#Poetry Break: August by Helen Hunt Jackson … More Poetry Break!
Category: Poetry
Father’s Day Poem: Only a Dad
June 13, 2018
Father’s Day Poem: Only a Dad by Edgar Guest … More Father’s Day Poem: Only a Dad
Mother’s Day Poem: Mother o’ Mine
May 9, 2018
Mother’s Day Poem: Mother o’ Mine by Rudyard Kipling … More Mother’s Day Poem: Mother o’ Mine
Happy Valentine’s Day: The Kiss
February 14, 2018
The Kiss By Sara Teasdale, 1884 – 1933 Before you kissed me only winds of heaven Had kissed me, and the tenderness of rain— Now you have come, how can I care for kisses Like theirs again? I sought the sea, she sent her winds to meet me, They surged about me singing … More Happy Valentine’s Day: The Kiss
Merry Christmas: Christmas at Sea
December 25, 2017
Christmas at Sea By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 – 1894 The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand; The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand; The wind was a nor’wester, blowing squally off the sea; And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee. … More Merry Christmas: Christmas at Sea
Happy Thanksgiving: The Thanksgivings
November 23, 2017
The Thanksgivings By Harriet Maxwell Converse Translated from a traditional Iroquois prayer We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we are here to praise Him. We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the earth. We thank Him … More Happy Thanksgiving: The Thanksgivings
Happy Halloween: The Little Ghost
October 31, 2017
The Little Ghost By Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892 – 1950 I knew her for a little ghost That in my garden walked; The wall is high—higher than most— And the green gate was locked. And yet I did not think of that Till after she was gone— I knew her by the broad white … More Happy Halloween: The Little Ghost
Valentine’s Day Poems That Don’t Suck
February 14, 2017
Valentine’s Day poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Gordon Byron and more. … More Valentine’s Day Poems That Don’t Suck
