Category Archives: Poetry

A poem for today – Spring

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Stella

Spring Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like … Continue reading →

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Is Spring almost here?

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Stella

Have you ever noticed that one sunny day when you are driving or walking down your street there seems to be a green haze in the air, as the leaves unfurl? Even though you have been waiting and watching for … Continue reading →

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Winter Poems

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Stella

First, let’s celebrate the end of the year, as described by Ogden Nash. Seems quite appropriate for my feeling about 2024 – Duck! Good Riddance, But Now What? Come, children, gather round my knee; Something is about to be. Tonight’s … Continue reading →

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[little tree]

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Stella

Written by e.e. cummings little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see          i will comfort you … Continue reading →

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Stella

Written by Robert Frost in 1922, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. According to Wikipedia, Frost wrote the poem in June 1922 at his house in Shaftsbury, Vermont. He had been up the entire night writing the long … Continue reading →

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Ring Out, Wild Bells

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Stella

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Christmas – Lights, Music, and Poetry

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Stella

This is the place to share your 2023 Christmas cheer! Here is my first entry: An oldie, but a goodie. Enjoy!

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Today’s poem (and social commentary)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Stella

A repeat – but just as pertinent today. From the poem by W.B.  Yeats, “The Second Coming”. “Turning and turning in the widening gyre    The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is … Continue reading →

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Celebration of Summer in Verse

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Stella

I really love summer, especially the earliest part, and I know that I’m not alone. The grass is green, the trees and flowers are blooming, birds are singing, bugs are buzzing. And a favorite poem that reminds me of these … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s flowers (and herbs) …

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Stella

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember;

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