October Trees
Litrasaurus’ featured poem for October this year is this poignant verse by the great First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon October Trees How innocent were these Trees, that inMist-green May,… Continue reading
September – Summer Lapsed Away
As imperceptibly as GriefThe Summer lapsed awayToo imperceptible, at lastTo seem like Perfidy A Quietness distilledAs Twilight long begunOr Nature spending with herselfSequestered Afternoon The Dusk drew earlier inThe Morning… Continue reading
August – Fairest Month
Fairest of months! Ripe Summer’s Queen!The hey-day of the year,With robes that gleam with sunny sheenSweet August doth appear.With rosy fruit her skirts are drest,Flowers her glory swell,And birthday wishes… Continue reading
Poem – Evening in July
A Boat Beneath a Summer Skyby Lewis Carroll A boat beneath a sunny sky,Lingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July — Children three that nestle near,Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased… Continue reading
Poem for June
A week ago I had a fireTo warm my feet, my hands and face;Cold winds, that never make a friend,Crept in and out of every place. Today the fields are… Continue reading
Poem for Maytime
Winter is many months of the yearBut now at last Maytime is here;And birds sing from a leafy screenIn the trees and hedgerow freshly green;And the wood-anemone is out in… Continue reading
April Poem – Spring Song
Hark, I hear a robin calling!List, the wind is from the south!And the orchard-bloom is fallingSweet as kisses on the mouth. In the dreamy vale of beechesFair and faint is… Continue reading
March Poem – Spring Cleaning
March bustles in on windy feetAnd sweeps my doorstep and my street.She washes and cleans with pounding rains,Scrubbing the earth of winter stains.She shakes the grime from carpet greenTill naught… Continue reading
February Twilight – Poem
I stood beside a hillSmooth with new-laid snow,A single star looked outFrom the cold evening glow.There was not other creatureThat saw what I could see,I stood and watched the evening… Continue reading
January Poem – Happy New Year
“A happy new year” it will be – if it’s NEW New visions of all that is noble and true,New powers for service, new knowledge of God,New zeal for the… Continue reading