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Happy Father’s ...
June 18, 2020
Today's poem is by Edgar Guest*, a British-born poet who came to America, becoming known as the people's poet for his ...
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A Father to His Son
June 11, 2020
And not just that--Rudyard Kipling's poem is clearly a product of his time (Victorian and Edwardian eras in Britain) ...
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Celebrating a Young ...
June 04, 2020
This is a children's story written and illustrated by a young writer--Ruthie Hudson! And I ...
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Contribution
May 28, 2020
I've heard the last line of this poem and was delighted when I found it here, in the last poem to celebrate Walt ...
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The Body Electric
May 21, 2020
I hope you enjoy today's reading as much as I did in preparing it. As part of celebrating Walt Whitman's 201st ...
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O Captain, My Captain
May 14, 2020
Today's poem is part of the collection Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps that are much of Whitman's reflections on his ...
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Walt Whitman’s ...
May 07, 2020
We start May celebrating Walt Whitman's 201st birthday ALL MONTH LONG! He was born on May 31st, 1819, in ...
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Drink to Falernus!
April 30, 2020
Wine, mythology, poetry, reading aloud . . . it's all come together in today's blog post! Hear how this ...
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Gone Too Soon–A ...
April 23, 2020
As part of celebrating National Poetry Month, I found the first African-American woman to publish her poetry! Phillis ...
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Off to Canterbury!
April 16, 2020
Continuing to celebrate National Poetry Month, I'm reading part of the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury ...
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