At the Entering of the New Year I (OLD STYLE) Our songs went up and out the chimney, And roused the home-gone husbandmen; Our allemands, our heys, poussettings, Our hands-across and back again, Sent rhythmic throbbings through the casements On to the white highway, Where nighted farers paused and muttered, “Keep it up well, do [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Poem of the Day: At the Entering of the New Year
Posted in hardy, inspire, new year, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, Write, Writer, writing on 12/29/2007 | 1 Comment »
Poem of the Day: The Oxen
Posted in hardy, oxen, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, thomas, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/27/2007 | 1 Comment »
The Oxen Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. “Now they are all on their knees,” An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in hearthside ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt [...]
Poem of the Day: Christmas Bells
Posted in longfellow, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, winter, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/25/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! And Happy Holidays to everyone. Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled [...]
Poem of the Day: A Visit from Saint Nicholas
Posted in moore, nicholas, night before christmas, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, saint, santa, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/24/2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Visit from Saint Nicholas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums [...]
Poem of the Day: A Christmas Carol
Posted in carol, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, rossetti, snow, winter, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/23/2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Christmas Carol In The bleak mid-winter Frosty winds made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter, Long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away When he comes to reign: [...]
Poem of the Day: Christmas Trees
Posted in poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, robert, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/22/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas Trees A Christmas Circular Letter The city had withdrawn into itself And left at last the country to the country; When between whirls of snow not come to lie And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove A stranger to our yard, who looked the city, Yet did in country fashion in that [...]
Photo Poem of the Day: When I am Sleepy
Posted in alvarez, nina, photo, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, sleep, Write, Writer, writing on 12/21/2007 | 1 Comment »
When I am Sleepy When I am sleepy, when I watch Monet’s willow from behind the soldier’s arm When I think how he decided to stay, decided not to fight, to sublimely ignore The revolution… I think about how childhood must be, how dreams are, how there must be a place we can [...]
Poem of the Day: Toward the Winter Solstice
Posted in poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, solstice, steele, timothy, winter, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/21/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Toward the Winter Solstice Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a little to look down. I lariat-twirl the cord of Christmas lights And cast it to the weeping birch’s crown; A dowel into which I’ve screwed a hook Enables me to reach, lift, drape, and twine The cord among the [...]
Poem of the Day: Resonance
Posted in idea, jadwin, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, Resonance, Write, Writer, writing on 12/20/2007 | 1 Comment »
Resonance I am the Everyman. The Lead in The Play. The everything, the everyone and the unsung. I am Saffron, Empirical Description. “What boredom falls upon my eyes and ears, as hearing that for one more chapter, I will have to describe my day to all of you, my loyal readers.” “It’s essential, I guess, [...]
Poem of the Day: The Mahogany Tree
Posted in mahogany, poem, poem of the day, poet, poetry, Thackeray, tradition, traditional, tree, warm, words, Write, Writer, writing on 12/19/2007 | 1 Comment »
The Mahogany Tree Christmas is here; Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we; Little we fear Weather without, Shelter’d about The Mahogany Tree. Once on the boughs Birds of rare plume Sang, in its bloom; Night birds are we; Here we carouse, Singing, like them, Perch’d round the stem Of the jolly old [...]
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