Year's End by Richard Wilbur Now winter downs the dying of the year, And night is all a settlement of snow; From the soft street the rooms of houses show A gathered light, a shapen atmosphere, Like frozen-over...
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December by Thomas Parsons
December by Thomas Parsons You have again made your way in,Cold and beautiful.You are December,And I love you.Despite the seasonal celebration,I know you to be more.You are calm,You allow me to slow,To envelope the tranquility I crave.Your winds, December, though...
People’s Day at Warwick Arts Centre
A festival celebrating 50 years of activism at Warwick Arts Centre. As part of Warwick Arts Centre 50th anniversary celebrations, the local community takes over their spaces with a day of creativity all inspired by our ‘Rebels With A Cause’ season theme. From...
It is November by Elizabeth Shield
It Is November It is NovemberAnd all the leaves face my wayOverlapping tussocks of grassLike long forgotten hillsDwelling in the overhang of fallIt is NovemberOrange ribbons hand in tattersPatched up yellow cloaks are drapedAnd whisking in the windThen drifting to the...
A Psalm of Life
A Psalm of Life By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust...
The Poetic Flows Podcast
Welcome to The Poetic Flows Podcast POETIC FLOWS PODCAST 🎙️ Poetic Flows Podcast by Emerald Book Club 🌿 Join us every Monday night at 8 PM GMT for Poetic Flows, a soothing and inspiring podcast by Emerald Book Club, where words come alive through the beauty of poetry....
Before The Throne Of Beauty by Kahlil Gibran
One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and directed my weary step to the spacious alley. I pursued the beckoning course of the rivulet and the musical sounds of the birds until I reached a lonely spot where the...
The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having...
50 Superb Reasons to Read Books
50 Superb Reasons to Read Books 1. Books help to feel more confident.2. Books help to travel around the world in the cheapest way.3. Books develop your personality.4. Books provide food for thought.5. Books make you laugh and...