Tag: Poetry
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Of Memories Most Tender
The ash grove how graceful, how plainly ’tis speaking, The harp through it playing has language for me. When over it’s branches the sunlight is breakingA host of kind faces is gazing at me. The friends of my childhood again are before meEach step wakes a memory as freely I roam. With soft whispers laden…
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Consider the Roses
It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. — Maud Hart Lovelace, Besty-Tacy and Tib Wouldn’t it be nice if roses could talk? I’m sure they could tell us such lovely things. –Lucy Maud Montgomery Roses Personified Won’t you come into my garden? I…
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So She Reads Collection: April Showers
Welcome to our monthly collection! This space is our collection of links and ideas for you to explore, and things we might want to revisit and remember. Brew yourself a cup of tea and savor a quiet moment while you read. May you be inspired this springtime! It’s so fun to see the grass greening,…
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So She Reads Collection: A Spring in Her Step
WELCOME to our monthly collection. This space is our online equivalent of a commonplace book. Here is where we offer links and ideas for you to explore, and things we might want to revisit or remember. Brew yourself a cup of tea and savor a quiet moment while you read. May you always be inspired…
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So She Reads Collection: A Very Bookish Edition
WELCOME to our monthly collection. This space is our online equivalent of a commonplace book. Here is where we offer links and ideas for you to explore, and things we might want to revisit or remember. Brew yourself a cup of tea and savor a quiet moment while you read. May you always be inspired…
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Poet Spotlight: Winter Poems by Sara Teasdale
NIGHTStars over snow And in the west a planetSwinging below a star– Look for a lovely thing and you will find it,It is not far — It never will be far. WINTERI shall have winter now and lessening days,Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays,And after falling leaves, the first determined frost.The colors of…
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October Collection: Trivia and Treats
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. I hope you have a cup of tea and a quiet moment to savor the good things in life while you read. High Wind The clouds before him rushed, as theyWere racing home to end the day;The flying…
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The June Collection: Oh, Sunshine!
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. I do not have a garden this year. The herbs and raspberries came up and they are surrounded by weeds right now. It makes me sad. But I am also glad to take it a bit easier this…
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The May Collection: Gateway to Summer
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information; stuff we came across that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone or inspired action. I eat mostly gluten-free and by accident so does my family. I have struggled to find a gluten free flour blend that meets my criteria: gluten free,…
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Valleys Lead to Higher Ground
At my sister’s funeral several years ago, the minister at the graveside talked about walking through the valley of the shadow of death. He said we would all be walking that valley as we grieved the loss of her life. But he reminded us that the God of all hope would be with us and…
