The Oak Tree by Cecil Frances Alexander
An appreciation for great poetry, as for great prose, is begun in childhood. The poems which we read when we are young, form the basis of our perspective on poetry…
Read moreReflections on Solitude
Once every month in the Poet’s Corner I intend to post one of my own poems. I think this is important, because as much as we wish to encourage…
Read moreThe Daffodils by William Wordsworth
I mentioned in one of my earlier posts how in searching for poetry that is good and great, it is wise to look for poems rather than authors who…
Read moreSummer’s Best of Weather and Autumn’s Best of Cheer
This delightful excerpt of a poem by Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) is a description of all the “lovely tokens” of September. I remember liking it when I first read…
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The Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey is a place where many great English poets are buried. The Poet’s Corner at Sheep Among Wolves Publishing is a place where many…
Read moreFootprints In The Snow
Footprints In The Snow I wandered forth across the snow And listened to the crunch below; Some thirty feet I went, I know, And then I glanced around; And from…
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