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The Year Outgrows The Spring
The Year Outgrows the Spring
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The year outgrows the spring it thought so sweet
And clasps the summer with a new delight,
Yet wearied, leaves her languors and her heat
When cool-browed autumn dawns upon his sight.
Withered Leaves by Peter Burn
Withered Leaves
by Peter Burn
I watch the leaves as they fade and fall
And form a heap by my garden wall.
I think of my loss in days “to be,”
My garden’s wealth but a leafless tree.
The Circling Year by Ramona Graham
The Circling Year
by Ramona Graham
SPRING
The joys of living wreathe my face,
My heart keeps time to freshet’s race;
Of balmy airs I drink my fill—
Why, there’s a yellow daffodil!
Along the stream a soft green tinge
Gives hint of feathery willow fringe;
Methinks I heard a Robin’s “Cheer”—
I’m glad Spring’s here!
In Time’s Swing by Lucy Larcom
In Time’s Swing
by Lucy Larcom
Father Time, your footsteps go
Lightly as the falling snow.
In your swing I’m sitting, see!
Push me softly; one, two; three,
Twelve times only. Like a sheet,
Spread the snow beneath my feet.
Singing merrily, let me swing
Out of winter into spring.
The Seasons by E.F Hayward
The Seasons by E. F. Hayward
I love to watch the seasons change;
As Summer takes the throne from Spring,
So wonderful sublime and strange,
Each one its own sweet songs does sing.
The Mirage Machine by Lord Bechard
“The Mirage Machine” is a poem by Rev Lord C.M. Bechard, and
is a multi part work that explores themes of imagination, the human mind, dreams, and reality
Top Influential UK Authors
A list of British authors includes classic writers like William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens, modern authors such as George Orwell and Virginia Woolf, and contemporary authors like J.K. Rowling and Zadie Smith. Other notable authors span different eras and genres, including Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Brontë sisters, and Roald Dahl
Number 1 Female Author in the UK
Julia Donaldson is the number one female author in the UK based on recent best-seller lists for 2024 and 2025. However, Agatha Christie is considered the bestselling novelist of all time, and J.K. Rowling is one of the most famous and wealthiest authors
Number 1 Male Author in the UK
There are an estimated 31,200 male authors, writers, and translators in the UK, making up 40% of all writers in that field. However, this number varies depending on the specific category, such as theatre or primary occupation
Best Selling Author in the UK
Julia Donaldson is the UK’s all-time top author by volume of units sold, surpassing J.K. Rowling in 2025
Most Read Book in the UK
The "most read book" in the UK can be interpreted in different ways, but based on popularity, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is cited as the most read as of a 2024 YouGov poll. However, based on all-time sales and other polls, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R....
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A Wish for Peace
A Wish for Peace I wish for you,I wish for me,I wish for all the world to live in harmony.When I look into the sky at night and see the stars above,I wish for peace, I wish for love. I wish for you…I wish for youI wish for me…I wish for me I wish for all the world to...
Peace by Matshona Dhliwayo
PEACE "When there is no peace in Heaventhere is no peace in the universe,when there is no peace in the universethere is no peace in the cosmos,when there is no peace in the cosmosthere is no peace in the sky,and when there is no peace in the skythere is no peace on...
Peace Is Holy Sacred by Terence George Craddock
Peace Is Holy Sacred peace by human civilizations under ratedpeace by entity humanity under ratedpeace by dictators transgressions slighted peace by megalomaniac leaders crushed peace so preciouspeace so gloriouspeace so miraculous peace so holy sacred peace an...
I Love Peace Mohammad Younus
I love peace,The foundation of the world is peace—Do not shake it. I choose peace,Above all that the world offers,Even at the highest price.I still choose peace. I choose peace,Over the mundane that fades away.Peace transcends truths and facts,Unveiling deeper...
Peace by Gerard Manley Hopkins
When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut,Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs?When, when, Peace, will you, Peace? I'll not play hypocriteTo own my heart: I yield you do come sometimes; butThat piecemeal peace is poor peace. What pure peace...
Making Peace by Denise Levertov
Making Peace by Denise Levertov A voice from the dark called out,"The poets must give usimagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiarimagination of disaster. Peace, not onlythe absence of war." But peace, like a poem,is not there ahead of itself,can't be...
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