Trees Need Not Walk the Earth By David Rosenthal TREES need not walk the earthFor beauty or for bread;Beauty will come to themWhere they stand.Here among the children of the… Read more Celebrating International Forest Day →
Every morning, when I open my e-mails I look for a message from my sister, Sarah, for I know that there will be a poem attached to her cheerful “good… Read more OTR Celebrates Poetry with John Masefield →
The love of books, the legacy of friendship. This is what I discovered when I entered Betty’s Reading Room The traditional glorious feeling of warmth that a library bestows greeted… Read more For the Love of a Friend →
Happy New Year! Whenever I join in the chorus of Auld Lang Syne, I feel a debt of gratitude to Robert Burns, who penned the words in 1788. In a… Read more Auld Lang Syne →
Poetry gives substance to our experiences, as if to help us understand the import of a specific time and place. Words assimilate with emotional responses to produce memories that can… Read more I Must Go Down to the Seas Again →
Today is World Poetry Day, a time to celebrate and recognize the deep and profound influence poetry has on the human spirit. Poetry captures the heart with words that… Read more World Poetry Day 2016 →
“But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief… Read more Another Year, but he is remembered… →
“Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.” Christina Rossetti
