The tale of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is a tale as old as time. That’s why we still need its perspective.
By Heart: “The Darkling Thrush” + New Longfellow Challenge
Join author Megan Willome as she learns Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’ By Heart. This poem has it all: desolation, Hope, and ecstatic caroling.
Top 10 Best Garden Poems
While you wait for your flowers to bloom and your garden to produce its fruit, enjoy this collection of 10 great garden poems.
Coloring Page Poems: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
Our coloring page poems series brings the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, today with Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush.”
The Poetry of World War I
Tim Kendall’s anthology “Poetry of the First World War” explains how poetry came to be so connected with “the war to end all wars.”
Poets and Poems: Brian Gardner’s “Up the Line to Death: The War Poets 1914-1918”
Brian Gardner’s “Up the Line to Death” preserves many great poets and poems of World War I.
A Vintage Journey I Didn’t Expect
With all the upheaval in the publishing industry because of ebooks, at least one positive development has resulted: we have the opportunity to read things we might not have otherwise. A case in point: my Kindle version of Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy. Kindle price: free, part of the volunteer project to […]