Category Archives: Poetry

The New Leaf Journal’s poetry section consists mostly of re-printed poems from old magazines and newspaper columns. We also have a few posts featuring original poems, haiku, and tanka.

May 29, 2023

May 2023

Flowers for Brave Soldiers – Memorial Poem

“Flowers to their memory, / This fair spring day!”

February 19, 2023

Feb 2023

My Bonnie Steed – 1842 poem

An 1842 poem wherein a woman waxes poetic (literally, it’s a poem) about her very handsome horse.

February 12, 2023

Feb 2023

Business Women, Poem by Charlotte Becker

I published a collection of poetry by Charlotte Becker, a poet who was most active in the first quarter of the […]

January 27, 2023

Jan 2023

1880 poem on becoming an older sibling

A poem about noses out of joint.

December 24, 2022

Dec 2022

A children’s poem about Mrs. Quince

Wherein we learn that the secret to making the best quince jelly is in the attire.

November 28, 2022

Nov 2022

Be sure how you begin (George Birdseye)

Be led by truth, / And in your youth / Be sure how you begin.

September 29, 2022

Sep 2022

The Nuptial Charm (1827 Poem)

A poem on the “charm in wedded bliss.”

September 26, 2022

Sep 2022

The Days of the Month Poem

“Thirty days hath September, / April, June, and November…”

July 19, 2022

Jul 2022

The Robin Never Pecks Twice at a Cherry

A poem by Margaret E. Sangster about robins and unfinished food.

May 30, 2022

May 2022

“Memorial Day” by Helen Leah Reed

“Without a sordid thought of fame / he to his Country gave his best.”

May 25, 2022

May 2022

Memorial Flowers – 1880 Memorial Day Poem

“We bring you the red and the white and the blue / To welcome Memorial-day”

May 23, 2022

May 2022

An 1882 Poem on Apple Blossoms

“We find the best charm of the beautiful spring-time, / And welcome the touch of the sweet-scented breeze.”