First Known When Lost

John Clare and Edward Thomas were both inveterate ramblers of the countryside.  Hence, it is not surprising that their poetic paths sometime...

I haven't done the research, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone has written a book (or at least a long essay) about yew trees in...

My previous post contained five epitaphs written by Thomas Hardy.  I suggested that two of them -- "A Placid Man's Epitaph" an...

This afternoon I walked down a green tunnel of trees.  Is there anything lovelier than to stand beneath a tree in summer looking up through ...

"Not how  the world is, is the mystical, but that  it is." This statement has appeared here before, but it is one that is worth ...

I readily admit that I cannot come up with a unifying theme that brilliantly ties together all of the following poems.  I have encountered t...

The following poem is perhaps John Clare's best-known poem.  This is ironic, because it is not really typical of his poetry.  Yet there ...

Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from ill-health for much of his short life. Nevertheless, he usually remained in good spirits.  But he knew ...

I don't know exactly what it is, but there is something beguiling and lovely about the following poem.  Some may find it too sentimental...

What is poetry?  If someone were to ask me that question, I would tell them that I am not qualified to answer.  Instead, I would ask them to...