Hearthside Poems - Poems about Hearthside

...Stone clad hotels and banks, stone-faced facades. Stone monuments carved by old money. The stone-poor have no stone history, they will leave no archeology to be excavated and raised. Their th......

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...The Raven and the Bard -Daniel Henry Rodgers The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night, Its haunting words, a melody of fright. The Bard......

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...It’s not for the mere frail this cautionary tale of wicked yuletide fright Do come inside and sit hearthside on this dark and snowy night A chilling yarn from long before in the glor......

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...and then dew drops’ magic enveloped me in mist of fine doubt gave me an idea of what it meant not to have the foggiest haze of why and how I had been feeling so miserably blindfolded by an i......

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...State of the Art (IV) These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. Hearthside by Michael R. Burch “When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ......

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...Hearthside: an Imagined Sequel to "When You Are Old" by Michael R. Burch “When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” ? W. B. Yeats For all that we professed of love, we knew this night w......

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...To a Daughter More Precious than Gems by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume loose translation by Michael R. Burch Heaven's cold dew has fallen— and thus another season arrives. Oh, my child living ......

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...A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS EVE A child’s in thought by a cozy fire His dog stretched out at hearthside Big sister and a friend fun-gone On a frosty snowy sleigh ride His kitty Miss Boots ......

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...Morning dawns with a touch of a chill Touching naked feet with a thrill Open the blinds and look outside Realizing you might stay at the hearthside Shimmering snowflakes fall to the earth ......

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...To all who in life wander to and fro If you just stand still and listen, Lo! You will hear the whispers of the wind Over the cornfields as it sweeps low. Look up in the sky at the harvest moon,......

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...Zeppelin flies To linen azure blue skies But otherworldly it is prize Looking like a blimp it is only a disguise Beyond master of purple in air it soars brilliant Master of purple being fifth elemen......

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...It's breathtaking! So I am often told: The sparkle in a mother's loving eyes; The glint of an amorous joy in a coy bride; The hearthside gleam on a cold winter night; A glimmer of hope to the lost an......

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...It seems old age has filtered in without so much as fanfare-- rapacious, unforgiving, feeding on my body everywhere like those precocious maggots standing by in ignorance, their bit of consciousness ......

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...I can think of no better contentment that can be had, Lounging in my robe and slippers comfortably clad, Than relaxing by the hearth in my favorite chair, Gazing at the dancing flames, ah, nothing......

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...Sweet-scented lupins , foxgloves , violas , giant lillies ,damasks , mosses and china roses rich in a variety of perfumes and colours Circular herb beds, rare , exotic climbers on the Elizabetha......

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