Poem of the Week
Till Death Do Us Part
A great poet's homage to love that endures in good [...]
The Feast Continues
The Christmas season continues seven swans swimmingly and so does [...]
Christmas with Christina Rossetti
A Festival of Advent and Christmas Poems by Christina Rossetti... [...]
Awaiting the Bridegroom
Christina Rossetti offers an Advent reminder that "the Bridegroom Cometh"... [...]
Advent, War and Peace
Waiting for Christmas, lamenting war and celebrating peace...
A Drowned Cat Follows Dead Villagers
Why does a drowned cat follow hard on the heels [...]
On Death, Marriage, Children and Inns
A philosopher sings to a fly drinking out of his [...]
Jinny the Just
A poet eulogizes a deceased lady and writes his own [...]
Confessing Lies and Giving the Lie
Confessing our lies to God and exposing the lies of [...]
A Virgin versus Venus
The music of the saints versus the mirror of sin... [...]
Singing to the Crucified Christ
A Good Friday carol, laments for the dead, and a [...]
Ghosts, Death and a Requiem
Hunted by death, haunted by doom, and resting in the [...]