This morning is tentatively sunny, with evidence of spring appearing in the neighborhood. Buds on trees, birds singing and calling, daffodils and jonquils starting to bloom. For this particular Poetry Friday, I decided to share a poem I learned as a song (a lied) - "Das Erste Veilchen" - in its original German, which I've translated ( Read more... )

Yesterday's poem was decidedly floral in nature: The Rose Family by Robert Frost. I confess that I thought about following it up with daffodils, in the form of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud", particularly since it's Angela's favorite poem. But instead of recycling a post from last year, I figured I'd give you something new:

The First ( Read more... )