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A perfect little rhythm of joy — Lear’s nonsense carries its own kind of music.

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Carpe Diem: A theme in poetry that encourages readers to seize the day and make the most of the present moment.
A gentle reminder from Lizzie Lawson that even in winter’s hush, light is only resting.

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A quiet ache between dreamers and the light they can’t quite touch.
Archibald Lampman captures love’s distance in perfect stillness.
To My Mother
By Archibald Lampman

— Free Verse | A quiet, heartfelt tribute from one of Canada’s great poets to the strength and sacrifice of mothers everywhere.

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A Dutch Proverb
Original Poem By Matthew Prior
Sonnet To A Stilton Cheese
By Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Epistle: A poem in the form of a letter or series of letters.
Elegy: A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Tale Of Three Cities

Poem by Edwin C. Ranck
To My Brother, Basil E. Kendall
By Henry Kendall
Not Gone
A Poem By Hattie Howard
Dramatic Monologue: A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character.
April
Poem By Richard Le Gallienne
Nell and John
By Matthew Prior
The Trees & The Woodman
By Walter Crane
The Hour Of The Angel
By Rudyard Kipling
Ghazal: A form of poetry originating in Arabic poetry, composed of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. Often focused on themes of love, loss, and mysticism.
Fragment - October 22, 1838

Our poem of the day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Epistrophe: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Hendecasyllabic: A line of verse containing eleven syllables.
A Midsummer Day
Poem by Madison Julius Cawein