I have written so few poetry posts over my 12 years of blogging, that I thought I might use this month, poetry month, to highlight a few of the older posts and bring some sense of order and cohesion to the few I do have. Robert Frost was one of my first attempts at poetry … Continue reading Robert Frost #PoetryMonth
Robert Frost is on the 2015 HSC poetry list.My eldest stepson is studying 6 of his poems (rather reluctantly) with his class.The major theme they're exploring is discovery (or self-discovery).On the surface of Fire and Ice (1923) we see man struggling to some to terms with the end of the world.Fire and ice both have … Continue reading Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
He saw her from the bottom of the stairsBefore she saw him. She was starting down,Looking back over her shoulder at some fear.She took a doubtful step and then undid itTo raise herself and look again. He spokeAdvancing toward her: ‘What is it you seeFrom up there always—for I want to know.’She turned and sank … Continue reading Home Burial by Robert Frost
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing:I have come after them and made repairWhere they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out … Continue reading Mending Wall by Robert Frost
Robert Frost is on the 2015 HSC poetry list.My eldest stepson is studying 6 of his poems (rather reluctantly) with his class.The major theme they're exploring is discovery (or self-discovery).Robert Frost was born 26th March 1874 and died 1963. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times (1924, 1931, 1937 & 1943). He was a special … Continue reading After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
Robert Frost is on the 2015 HSC poetry list.My eldest stepson is studying 6 of his poems (rather reluctantly) with his class.The major theme they're exploring is discovery or self-discovery.I went to turn the grass once after oneWho mowed it in the dew before the sun.The dew was gone that made his blade so keenBefore … Continue reading The Tufts of Flowers by Robert Frost
Robert Frost is on the 2015 HSC poetry list.My eldest stepson is studying 6 of his poems (rather reluctantly) with his class.The major theme they're exploring is discovery or self-discovery.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village, though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with … Continue reading Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
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