LOVE-APPLE The tomato. LOVEBIRD Certain species of small parrot that are affectionate. LOVE FEAST A devotional meal held by Christians in ancient times LOVE IN A MIST A blue-flowered plant of species Nigella. LOVEKNOT A knot tied as a pledge … Continue reading →
Long’s peak, 14,700 feet high, blocks up one end of Estes Park, and dwarfs all the surrounding mountains. From it on this side rise, snow-born, the bright St. Vrain, and the Big and Little Thompson. By sunlight or moonlight its … Continue reading →
When Seanchan, the renowned Bard, was made Ard-Filé, or Chief Poet of Ireland, Guaire, the king of Connaught, to do him honour, made a great feast for him and the whole Bardic Association. And all the professors and learned men … Continue reading →
The odd spelling in this poem is intended to represent the Scottish dialect and can be sounded out as it is written. “Gang” means gone. A Red, Red Rose O My Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly … Continue reading →
Inspired by a painting of a weary farm worker, a schoolteacher named Edwin Markham sent a poem to a San Francisco newspaper in 1899. The poem, “The Man with the Hoe,” questioned the justice of a world system that required … Continue reading →
Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to Truth be sealed As bravely in the cabinet as the field, So generous is Fate; But then to stand beside her When craven churls deride her, … Continue reading →
May is the month for Children’s Book Week, promoting a worthwhile activity: reading books. Since wired and wireless entertainment is now popular, what can be said in favor of books? We will start by noting that books are portable and … Continue reading →