poetry

Tam o'Shanter debunked from Usksider ^Pro 293 days old

The story of Tam O’Shanter: as near as I can make it out… Part of the fun at last week’s Burns Night was the classic poem Tam o’Shanter ...

Under a spreading... from Usksider ^Pro 482 days old

Chestnut Tree UNDER a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles ...

Monuments II from Usksider ^Pro 720 days old

Moonlit monuments bring peace Standing quiet beneath the trees In ghostly shades of black and white Stolid sentinels in the night

Monuments from Usksider ^Pro 720 days old

In moonlight death descends to stand In regimented rows on land Once used to grow the staff of life Now monument to father, son or wife

La_spice Bloglit Poetry Competition from Usksider ^Pro 770 days old

A bit rough and ready, but time is of the essence When darkness falls When darkness falls upon the land And the shades of night come calling That’s ...

National Poetry Day from Usksider ^Pro 779 days old

An Eye On My World My world is sometimes bright and breezy; The people great, The living easy. My camera sees my world and sighs; The vivid greens, The ...

The Darkling Thrush from Usksider ^Pro 790 days old

I was directed towards Thomas Hardy's The Darkling Thrush when I posted Gray's Elegy yesterday; I'm so pleased I was too. For anyone else who, like ...

Gray's Elegy; a real classic from Usksider ^Pro 791 days old

The poem that inspired my photographs of the church-yard in Chepstow and reproduced here for Lonemum and anyone else interested enough to read it. "Elegy ...

Sea-Fever from Usksider ^Pro 825 days old

My friend La Spice mentioned John Masefield's poem Sea-Fever earlier; for anyone who doesn't know it, here it is. "Sea-Fever" I must down to the seas ...

Just a small stream... from Usksider ^Pro 832 days old

The Small Stream A small stream meanders between shrubs and trees Winding its gentle way towards a river And eventually the sea Look closely into the ...