Dear Poetry Followers, this one’s for Ms. Dickinson, from THE MS OF MY KIN.
from 1862.29 / by Janet Holmes
who heard
the Birds
knew
No one could
perfect
that
Eden —
19th-Century Poetry
DPF / Hopkins
For Homecoming day & night, from Poem A Day, Volume 2.
from Ashboughs / by Gerard Manley Hopkins
They touch heaven, tabour on it; how their talons sweep
The smouldering enormous winter welkin!
DPF / Dickinson
For 9/11, the September 11th entry, from Poem A Day: Volume 2.
from #280 / by Emily Dickinson
I felt a Funeral in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading — treading — till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through __
DPF / Stevenson
For my sister says, it’s even hot in Malibu, from poetryfoundation.org.from At the Sea-Side / by Robert Louis StevensonWhen I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore.
DPF / Jackson
For the month with an adjective for a name, from poets.org.
from August / by Helen Hunt Jackson
Silence again. The glorious symphony
Hath need of pause and interval of peace.
Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease,
Save hum of insects’ aimless industry.
DPF / Emerson
For poetry, which sits on the shelves with feet dangling down, calling to us all year long, from poets.org.
from The Poet / by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The etymologist finds the deadest word to
have been once a brilliant picture. Language is
fossil poetry.
DPF / Carroll
For beaches, cabbages, and kings, from poets.org.
from The Walrus and Carpenter / by Lewis Carroll
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand:
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
‘If this were only cleared away,’
They said, ‘it would be grand!’
DPF / Carroll
For a poetry lesson that ends badly, from Jabberwocky & Other Poems.
from Poeta Fit, non Nascitur / by Lewis Carroll
Don’t state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things
With a sort of mental squint
DPF / Carroll
For wonder-land, from Jabberwocky & Other Poems.
from How Doth… / by Lewis Carroll
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail
DPF / Carroll
For big tests, such as the one I head to today, from Jabberwocky & Other Poems.
from Rules and Regulations / by Lewis Carroll
Learn well your grammar,
And never stammer,
Write well and neatly,
And sing most sweetly
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