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Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - September

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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - September

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...

Foon and 1 more 22 minutes

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Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - August

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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - August

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...

Sonia and 1 more 25 minutes

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Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - July

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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - July

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...

Sonia and 2 more 24 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Ring Lardner - His Lady Friend

This week's poem is taken from Ringgold Wilmer «Ring» Lardner's Bib Ballads book of poetry about his child. In his Forward he says Dear Parents:—Don't imagine, please, It's in a boastful spirit I fashion...

Algy Pug and 13 more 13 minutes

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Poetry

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Dorothy Parker - Men I'm Not Married To

A saucy little poem commenting upon all men that Ms. Parker didn't marry, perhaps implying (it's a bit ambiguous) that upon marrying, the husband becomes far more special than all the other men in the world. It's sort...

David Lawrence and 7 more 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Three Things

Her final words in her autobiography The Worlds and I: «From this mighty storehouse (of God, and the hierarchies of Spiritual Beings) we may gather wisdom and knowledge, and receive light and power, as we pass through...

Algy Pug and 12 more 12 minutes

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Poetry

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Thomas Carew - Song: Eternity of Love Protested

Thomas Carew (pronounced «Carey») (1595 — 1640) was one of the Cavalier poets, a group associated with the unfortunate King Charles I, who was a notable connoisseur of poetry. Other poets in this school included...

Algy Pug and 18 more 22 minutes

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Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - June

Poetry

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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - June

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...

Bruce Kachuk and 2 more 29 minutes

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Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - May

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John Kendrick Bangs - Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - May

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month...

Bruce Kachuk and 2 more 31 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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James Elroy Flecker - Ship, an Isle, a Sickle Moon

Of all recent poets of his kind, Flecker is the most successful. The classical tradition of poetry has been mocked and mutilated by many of the noisy young in the last few years. Flecker was a poet who preserved the...

Algy Pug and 19 more 23 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 4, April 1902

«Birds and Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with...

tovarisch and 11 more 2 hours 21 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Gerard Manley Hopkins - I Have Desired To Go

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody (particularly his concept of sprung rhythm and use...

Algy Pug and 19 more 14 minutes

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