Poem of the Day, January 28
The Snow
by Edith Willis Linn Forbes
Folding the earth in its mantle
Pure and undefiled,
Soft in its own clear whiteness
As the cheek of an innocent child,
The snow o’er the world is falling,
It floats upon the air,
Silent, yet ever restless,
As a child’s hands crossed in prayer.
Like a benediction de [...]
Poem of the Day. The Snow by Edith ...
Poem of the Day, January 28
The Snow
by Edith Willis Linn Forbes
Folding the earth in its mantle
Pure and undefiled,
Soft in its own clear whiteness
As the cheek of an innocent child,
The snow o’er the world is falling,
It floats upon the air,
Silent, yet ever restless,
As a child’s hands crossed in prayer.
Like a benediction de [...]
Poem of the Day. The Walrus And The...
Poem of the Day, January 27
The Walrus And The Carpenter
by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Caroll was born January 27, 1832.
THE sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might;
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright–
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she th [...]
Poem of the Day. Goldfinch by Morri...
Poem of the Day, January 26
Goldfinch
by Morri Creech
Carel Fabritius. 1654, oil on panel, 35.2 cm. x 22.8 cm.
The bird is fiction though the paint is real”
the paint, that is, of the original.
This one’s a copy pasted in a frame.
Each hour the gold light on his wall’s the same.
He hangs between the cupboard and the fridge
where, day after [...]
Poem of the Day. To a Mouse by Rober...
Poem of the Day, January 25
To a Mouse
On Turning up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785
by Robert Burns
Today is Robert Burns Day, celebrating his birth, January 25, 1759.
Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi’ bickerin brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chas [...]
Poem of the Day. Happiness by Paisle...
Poem of the Day, January 24
Happiness
by Paisley Rekdal
I have been taught never to brag but now
I cannot help it: I keep
a beautiful garden, all abundance,
indiscriminate, pulling itself
from the stubborn earth: does it offend you
to watch me working in it,
touching my hands to the greening tips or
tearing the yellow stalks back, so wild
t [...]
Poem of the Day. A Lesson for This S...
Poem of the Day, January 23
A Lesson for This Sunday
by Derek Walcott
Happy Birthday to Derek Walcott, born January 23, 1930
The growing idleness of summer grass
With its frail kites of furious butterflies
Requests the lemonade of simple praise
In scansion gentler than my hammock swings
And rituals no more upsetting than a
Black maid shaking [...]
Poem of the Day. The Farm WomanR...
Poem of the Day, January 22
The Farm Woman’s Winter
by Thomas Hardy
I
IF seasons all were summers,
And leaves would never fall,
And hopping casement-comers
Were foodless not at all,
And fragile folk might be here
That white winds bid depart;
Then one I used to see here
Would warm my wasted heart!
II
One frail, who, bravely tilling
Lon [...]
Poem of the Day. Sadie and Maud by G...
Poem of the Day, January 21
Sadie and Maud
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed at home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine-tooth comb.
She didn’t leave a tangle in.
Her comb found every strand.
Sadie was one of the livingest chits
In all the land.
Sadie bore two babies
Under her maiden name.
Maud and Ma and Papa
Nearly died of [...]
Poem of the Day. Kindness by Yusef K...
Poem of the Day, January 20
Kindness
by Yusef Komunyakaa
For Carol Rigolot
When deeds splay before us
precious as gold & unused chances
stripped from the whine-bone,
we know the moment kindheartedness
walks in. Each praise be
echoes us back as the years uncount
themselves, eating salt. Though blood
first shaped us on the climbing wheel [...]
Poem of the Day. Let America Be Ameri...
Poem of the Day, January 19
Let America Be America Again
by Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed —
Let it be that great strong land of love
W [...]
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