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Robert Frost’s poetry inspired me when I was a teenager and continues to do so in my current age. His work has inspired my own from my first poem “Homeward Bound” to “Streets” to “Unleashed.” I hope you have enjoyed learning more about Robert Frost and how his poetry might […]
Although he avoids traditional verse forms and only uses rhyme erratically, Frost is not an innovator and his technique is never experimental. http://www.poetryfoundation.org In studying Robert Frost’s more in-depth, I learned more about the forms he used for some of his poems. I have included some of his best-known ones […]
Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]
In the canon of my memory, “The Road Not Taken” crossed my path when I was in junior high. I remember creating a colored-pencil drawing of that “yellow wood.” It might even be hidden in the “undergrowth” of my personal memorabilia in my basement. This time in my life was […]
As the idea for this Poetry Month blog series emerged, the first poet I knew I wanted to feature was Robert Frost. Frost is one of my favorite authors who has influenced my writing, reading, and home education teaching. For this post, I will focus on the reasons why I […]
In all fairness, I have to admit that I didn’t get as much reading done in February as I had hoped. That means that this list of books combines the months of February and March along with the first few days of April. Dearly by Margaret Atwood: Five Stars I […]
Whenever I think of lilacs, I think about the story my father told me that is depicted in my poem “The Lingering Scent of Eternal Junes.” Lilacs rarely bloom as early as April where I live, unlike T. S. Eliot’s home state of Missouri. (I lived in Missouri during my […]
Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]