Julia Ward Howe’s “The Battle Hymn of the Republic for Veteran’s Day. Continue reading
Category Archives: poetry
Have You Heard of Ogden Nash?
In honor of Ogden Nash, American poet. Continue reading
Weariness by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of Maine
Weariness, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Continue reading
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Longfellow
On hearing of a serious injury to his son, the abolitionist, Longfellow wrote this poem. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863. Their old, familiar carols play,and wild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come,The belfries of all ChristendomHad … Continue reading
She Walks in Beauty
Lord Byron’s poem She Walks in Beauty. Continue reading
Acis and Galatea
The Featured Image: The Loves of Acis and Galatea by Alexandre Charles Guillemot (1827). One of my favorite books was written in the time of Augustus, the one who exiled the imprudent and lurid Ovid for violating the new Roman sexual decorum. For those that don’t know, the eventually Divine Augustus, after assuming the … Continue reading
Song of Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Song of Nature Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882 Mine are the night and morning, The pits of air, the gulf of space, The sportive sun, the gibbous moon, The innumerable days. I hid in the solar glory, I am dumb in the pealing song, I rest on the pitch of the torrent, In … Continue reading
Lament by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lament Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892 – 1950 Listen, children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I’ll make you little jackets; I’ll make you little trousers From his old pants. There’ll be in his pockets Things he used to put there, Keys and pennies Covered with tobacco; Dan shall have the pennies … Continue reading
New Stanzas
New Stanzas for Amazing Grace From Death & Fame: Last Poems 1993-1997, by Allen Ginsberg I dreamed I dwelled in a homeless place Where I was lost alone Folk looked right through me into space And passed with eyes of stone O homeless hand on many a street Accept this change from me A … Continue reading
Again
I post this series of photographic images which I composed based upon a poem by Tennyson and one by Ginsberg. This is a visual poem. You may see them without comment for they were not meant for commentary. The End. Continue reading
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