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Tag: Christina Rossetti

By Clanmother Posted on December 5, 2015December 5, 2015

Happy Birthday, Christina Rossetti

“Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.” Christina Rossetti  

Categories: Birthdays, Celebrations, Christina Rossetti, I'm Reading a Book, PoetryTags: Birthdays, Christina Rossetti, Poetry
By Clanmother Posted on December 24, 2014

Christmas Eve with Christina Rossetti

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, … Continue reading Christmas Eve with Christina Rossetti

Categories: Celebrations, Christina Rossetti, Christmas, PoetryTags: Christina Rossetti, Christmas Poetry, Winter
By Clanmother Posted on December 28, 2013

Year End With Christina

Last year I celebrated Christmas with Christina.  Of all the poets, Christina Rossetti understands the inscrutability of the winter season. I thought it was fitting to end the year 2013, … Continue reading Year End With Christina

Categories: Christina Rossetti, Poetry, Seasons, WinterTags: Christina Rossetti, Poetry, Winter
By Clanmother Posted on December 25, 2012

Christmas with Christina

Every Christmas, I listen to In the Bleak Mid-Winter, never realizing the connection to Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites.  That is, until recently.  Dante Rossetti’s (one of the founders of the … Continue reading Christmas with Christina

Categories: Celebrations, Christina Rossetti, Christmas, PoetsTags: Christina Rossetti, Christmas Poetry

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