by Admin | Oct 31, 2025 | Love Poems, Male Poets, Poems, Poetry, Romantic Poems
She Walks in Beauty
By Lord Byron (George Gordon)
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
by Admin | Oct 31, 2025 | Articles, Books, Emerald Book Club, Reading
Why you should Read
Reading provides cognitive, emotional, and physical benefits, including improved memory, critical thinking, and vocabulary. It also reduces stress, enhances empathy, and can help delay age-related cognitive decline like dementia. For children, reading builds a foundation for academic success and strengthens bonds with caregivers
by Admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems
Reading Books
By Vivian G. Gouled
I like to read all kinds of books
To entertain myself,
And so I’m glad when I can take
A book down from the shelf.
I like the picture books of planes,
Of flowers, birds, and ships
From which I can imagine that
I’m taking wonder trips.
I like the books with stories in
And also books of rhymes;
I often try to learn a few
And say them lots of times.
I like to read all kinds of books
I find upon the shelf –
Particularly now that I
Can read all by myself!
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
by Admin | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems
The Reading Mother
By Strickland Gillilan
I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath.
I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.
I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.
I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings –
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a Mother who read to me.
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
by Admin | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems
Read to Me By Jane Yolen
Read to me riddles and read to me rhymes
Read to me stories of magical times
Read to me tales about castles and kings
Read to me stories of fabulous things
Read to me pirates and read to me knights
Read to me dragons and dragon-book fights
Read to me spaceships and cowboys and then
When you are finished- please read them again.
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Female Poets, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Reading BooksBy Vivian G. Gouled I like to read all kinds of booksTo entertain myself,And so I’m glad when I can takeA book down from the shelf. I like the picture books of planes,Of flowers, birds, and shipsFrom which I can imagine thatI’m taking wonder trips. I like...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
The Reading MotherBy Strickland Gillilan I had a mother who read to meSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath. I had a Mother who read me laysOf ancient and gallant and golden days;Stories...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Read to Me By Jane Yolen Read to me riddles and read to me rhymesRead to me stories of magical timesRead to me tales about castles and kingsRead to me stories of fabulous thingsRead to me pirates and read to me knightsRead to me dragons and dragon-book fightsRead to...
by Admin | October 30, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poems, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Adventures with Books By Velda Blumhagen Books are ships that sail the seasTo lands of snow or jungle trees.And I’m the captain bold and freeWho will decide which place we’ll see.Come, let us sail the magic ship. Books are trains in many lands,Crossing hills or desert...
by Admin | January 20, 2025 | Book Poems, Books, Poetic Flows Podcast, Poetry, Reading Poems | 0 Comments
Good BooksbyEdgar Guest Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand together row by row,Upon the low shelf or the high.But if you're lonesome this you know:You have...
