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Alun Rees, 'The Realm of IfOnly'
The Realm of IfOnlyIf broken hearts were bread, the yield ( Read more... ) -
On the Occasion of J.R.R. Tolkien's thirteenity-third Birthday
J.R.R. Tolkien turns 133 today!
I Sit Beside the Fire and ThinkI sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen ( Read more... ) -
'Did You See the Sky' by Rachel Jamison Webster
Did You See the SkyDid you see the sky through me ( Read more... ) -
Arthur Guiterman, 'The Freebooter's Prayer'
Cross-post from war_poetry:
The Freebooter’s Prayer
(Scotland, 1405)
Thou That willed us naked-born,
Send us meat against the morn-
Got with right or got with wrong
So we fast not overlong.
Prosper “Snaffle, Spur and Spear!”
Grant us booty, horse and gear;
Save our necks from hempen thrall,
Bless the souls of them that fall.
Anonymous
The Freebooter’s ( Read more... ) -
Ringing in the New Year with W.S. Merwin
Two options for the new year with W.S. Merwin: melancholy, or melancholy but hopeful. Happy New Year to everyone!
Another Year ComeI have nothing new to ask of you ( Read more... ) -
'Don’t Go Down That Road' by Leland Bardwell
Don't Go Down That Road
for John McLachlan
John said, as sons will,
with some concern and disapproval,
don't go down that road.A Christmas of tinsel and turmoil ( Read more... ) -
'Death of an Irishwoman' by Michael Hartnett
Within a few hours of the posting of The Old Woman of Beare by elenbarathi I ran across, as serendipity would have it, the following poem by Michael Hartnett, written after the death of his grandmother. I've held onto it for a couple of days so as to let the Old Woman breathe a bit more before throwing her a wake.
Death of an IrishwomanIgnorant, in the sense ( Read more... ) -
The Old Woman of Beare (Ancient Irish poem)
The Old Woman of BeareThe sea crawls from the shore ( Read more... ) -
Abandonment, by By Linda Stitt
AbandonmentI was not done ( Read more... )