Well, let the repeats begin a day early. I have a request for “hope” on this most hope – filled night of the year. So, it must be dear Emily. Happy New Year’s Eve.
from “Hope” is the thing with feathers / by Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
For the upcoming week, from poetryfoundation.org.
from The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day / by Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880 )
For faith, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Faith / by Frances Anne Kemble
For Mother’s Day eve, from poetryfoundation.org.
from To a Child / by Sophie Jewett (1861–1909)
For Concord and self-reliance, from The Oxford Book of American Poetry, edited by David Lehman.
from A Letter / by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
And mark the rising of the early stars.
There will I bring my books
For “a retail dry-good shop in Chatham-street,” from The Oxford Book of American Poetry, edited by David Lehman (2006).
from Fanny / by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)
There is an airy web of magic in it,
As in Othello’s pocket handkerchief.
Another for the children of October, from our hula dancer-poet-illustrator, Edna, from the book, An Eyeball in My Garden.
http://www.scbwi.org/members-public/edna-cabcabin-moran
from Zombie Kid Blues / by Edna Cabcabin Moran
Though I borrowed a mitt
That perfectly fit,
It came off with my hand still inside.
from Snow-bound: A Winter Idyll / by John Greenleaf Whittier
Birds this week. Needing a bluebird of happiness today. Best known for Walden, he was a poet first. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/601
from The Bluebirds / by Henry David Thoreau
In the midst of the poplar that stands by the door,
We planted a bluebird box
For President’s Day, from his book, The Poems of Abraham Lincoln.
from My Childhood Home I See Again / by Abraham Lincoln
My childhood home I see again,
And sadden with the view;
And still, as memory crowds my brain,
There’s pleasure in it too.
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