Category Archives: poetry

Just two poems for a winter day . . .

Posted on February 12, 2018 by booksandbuttons

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, … Continue reading →

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October!

Posted on October 5, 2017 by booksandbuttons

“Oh, suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather! thank you to Helen Hunt Jackson and what to read these October nights?  Try a good old … Continue reading →

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The Farm by Margaret Havron

Posted on November 28, 2015 by booksandbuttons

While looking through some old things, I found a poem my mother had written for me years ago.  It’s in an envelope with my name on it. I think it was a Christmas present.  Here it is, word for word.   

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The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Posted on June 20, 2015 by booksandbuttons

Dante’s Inferno . . . our grandson was reading it in school and said it was “fun.”  I’m always anxious to check off a book from all the ‘good reading’ lists—so I checked it out of the library.  I received … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The House on Boulevard Street by David Kirby

Posted on February 19, 2015 by booksandbuttons

“Yes! I can see clearly now, the rain is gone . . .” and other clever lyrics (always sneaking up as a surprise!) kept me laughing for 151 pages and I highly recommend this southern poet who casts a beguiling literary and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Singing School by Robert Pinsky

Posted on March 10, 2014 by booksandbuttons

Anytime is a good time to read poetry, but winter is the best time–because “Now winter nights enlarge The number of their hours; And clouds their storms discharge Upon the airy towers. Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow … Continue reading →

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Finishing the “Books for a Desert Island”

Posted on March 3, 2014 by booksandbuttons

Uh-oh.  There is a little snafu with finishing up this series of posts about taking books to a desert island.

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January—–It’s for the Birds!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by booksandbuttons

How can January be the least bit dreary when we have cheerful feathered company right outside the window at the bird feeder? “Be Like the Bird”    by Victor Hugo Be like the bird, who Halting in his flight On limb too … Continue reading →

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Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas Tonight

Posted on December 24, 2011 by booksandbuttons

I am wishing all of my new friends on “booksandbuttons” a very Merry Christmas. I would like to share with you a favorite poem of mine, and some pictures of the Christmas at our house this year.   Warm wishes –joy … Continue reading →

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Christmas Poetry for the Fun of It

Posted on December 23, 2011 by booksandbuttons

Christmas Mittens  by Marchette Chute I wanted a rifle for Christmas, I wanted a bat and a ball, I wanted some skates and a bicycle, But I didn’t want mittens at all. I wanted a whistle And I wanted a … Continue reading →

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