It’s Time to Rediscover the Power of Poetry, by Ellen Condict
Memorizing it has become a lost art in the age of the iPhone, but it can still awaken us to a deeper understanding of our world. *** It’s Time to Rediscover the Power of...
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Barbara Frietchie
Barbara Frietchie John Greenleaf Whittier Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards...
Advent Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti’s classic Christmas carol, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” offers a vivid poetic look at the Incarnation. In a similar way, her less-known Advent poems describe the season of waiting and watching. Advent (1851) ‘Come,’ Thou dost say...
