Category Archives: Poetry

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

On the “dainty weee blue flowers” that serve as “gentle messengers of spring”

A poem by the elder Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A poem within a short story.

“Grant that Cato, in life, was even greater than Caesar; was he greater in death than Otho?”

Reprinting an 1882 Margaret E. Sangster poem called “A Little Gentleman.” The poem is about a little gentleman (what did you expect?).

Reprinting an 1896 poem by Clinton Stollard about a “fradie-cat” along with a short biography of the poet.

A tanka poem on the surest sign of spring: Ant home invasions.

“Forget not to blossom always when the springtime comes.”

“Then close to the organ stealing, / With awe-struck eyes they gaze / At the player, and listen mutely / To the deep clear notes of praise.”

“Fast asleep fell Madeline, / Fairy-book held in one hand, / In the other slice of cake”

A warm little poem.