For Mother’s Day eve, from poetryfoundation.org.
from To a Child / by Sophie Jewett (1861–1909)
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
Who sheltered at the heart of me
Because the north wind stirred;
19th-Century Poetry
DPF / Byron
For sails and ice, from Poem A Day, Volume 2, edited by Laurie Sheck.
from Stanzas for Music / by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
‘Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruin’d turret wreath,
All green and wildly fresh without
DPF / Emerson
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
DPF / Richardson
For the last evening of Valentine’s weekend, from Poetry Foundation.
from Valentine to RR Written Extempore Feb.14 1802 / by Charlotte Richardson (1775-1825)
May truth and wisdom ever guide
And guard my Valentine.
DPF / Halleck
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.
DPF / Moore
This one’s for Dad, gone 23 years; but, I have his handwriting here on the front of this book, which makes him seem like he’s right here: “To Michele, from LT COL. Pizarro.” Happy holiday season to you, whatever your choice of holiday(s) may be.
from The Night Before Christmas / by Clement C. Moore (1779-1863)
‘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 Saint Nicholas soon would be there.
DPF / Ryota
Well, it’s the wrong day to sing about spring while snow falls on the television’s football fields, but here it is anyway. This one’s also from Poem A Day, Voume 2, edited by Laurie Sheck.
from Spring / by Oshima Ryota (1718-1878), translated by Steven D. Carter
Ah, this world of ours
DPF / Chi
For rivers, from A Book of Luminous Things, edtied by Czeslaw Milosz.
from Coming at Night to a Fisherman’s Hut / by Chang Chi (768-830)
Moon rises, fishing boats are few.
DPF / Lermontov
For monasteries, from Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov. More on the poet here:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337014/Mikhail-Lermontov
from The Novice / by Mikhail Lermontov b. Oct 15, 1814 [Oct 3 Old Style] translated by Charles Johnston
Down from the mountains rode one day
a Russian general, on his way
DPF / Anonymous
For green, from Poem a Day, Vol. 2, edited by Laurie Sheck.
from Green Willow / by Anonymous
O! willow, willow, willow, willow,
O! willow, willow, willow, willow,
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