Laugh and Love as Long Ago
This week’s poem is by a favourite poet: Alfred Noyes. It is “A Devonshire Ditty” which I have chosen for my cousin Linda, the inspiration behind Poet’s Day.
‘Tis Six Years
This week’s choice is “The Lost Spectacles” by an unknown author. I have chosen it for Rachel, who sometimes is able to find her glasses.
Golden Hours, Silver Days
This week’s choice is “June” by John Updike.
They Both Knew Robinson
Another comic song/poem this week: “Etiquette” by W.S. Gilbert.
A Friend to Man
This week’s choice is “The House by the Side of the Road” by Sam Walter Foss which I have chosen for David and Hannah who are house-hunting.
Ride, Boldly Ride
This week’s choice is “Eldorado” by Edgar Allan Poe and it’s partly inspired by Jesse Gilbert’s musical version and partly by last week’s poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”.
And No Birds Sing
This week’s choice is “La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad” by John Keats which I have chosen for a friend’s daughter.
The Farthest Hebrides
This week’s choice is “The Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth. I have chosen it because Rachel has been on holiday on the Isle of Lewis and has sent me photos of its stark but magnificent beauty.
Nature’s Works
This week’s choice marks the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough and it is “The Naturalist’s Summer-Evening Walk” by Gilbert White, another pioneering naturalist.