A Poetic Home
Weave poetry into your life--joy, insights, literary devices, and history! Twice a month you will receive a poem and accompanying lesson that mines poetic treasures for you and your children! Each lesson will be available as a pdf download.
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“Stanzas for Music” by George Gordon, Lord Byron (opens the original)
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Stanzas for Music By George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThere be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charmed ocean's pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull'd winds seem dreaming: And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant's asleep
A Very Few Favourites, and Why (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,First of all, welcome to new subscribers—as well as old! I am so grateful and delighted to meet you here! Questions and comments may be made on the Substack platform, but you can also reach out by simply replying to this email.This week I am offering you a different sort of post. My family and I are a few days into our move from Connecticut, USA to British Columbia, Canada and, as may be expected, suffering under the crash and bang of after-effects. If you yourself have ever moved—wh
"Alter? When the hills do." by Emily Dickinson (opens the original)
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Alter? When the hills do.by Emily DickinsonText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedAlter? When the hills do. Falter? When the sun Question if his glory Be the perfect one. Surfeit? When the daffodil Doth of the dew: Even as herself, O friend! I will of you!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TBBH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi
"Pippa's Song" by Robert Browning (opens the original)
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Pippa’s Songfrom the play “Pippa Passes”by Robert BrowningText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hillside's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven-- All's right with the world!<a class="button primary" href="https://apoetichome.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=ema
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