REELY'S POETRYBLOG

Perserverance and dedication in the face of obstacles is a great thing but only when the thing you are being persistent about is also good.
Here is a poem from Edward Carpenter, who died on this day in 1929.
BEETHOVEN.
BETWIXT the actual and unseen, alone,
Companionless, deaf, in dread […]

What if you had a great voice but didn’t have anything great to say? Or maybe you had something great to say, but didn’t have a great voice. Hey, It happens …
Then there are some who have not only a great voice but something great to say.
Today is Irish poet, Paul […]

Sam Walter Foss was a New England librarian and poet. He was born on June 19, 1858 in New Hampshire, went to college in Rhode Island and served as librarian for the Somerville Public Library in Massachusetts beginning in 1898. His most famous poem was The House by The Side of the Road. […]