Culture, History, Plain Speaking, Poetry

Plain Speaking: Robert Frost

A man who is often dubbed "America's favorite poet," Robert Lee Frost, was born 150 years ago today, on March 26, 1874.* Those who've stuck with me for a bit may know that modern American poetry isn't really my wheelhouse, but Robert Frost  has some merit, never more so than with his poem, "The Road… Continue reading Plain Speaking: Robert Frost

Friendship, Poetry, Quote of the Day

A Time To Talk–World Poetry Day, March 21, 2023

When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the… Continue reading A Time To Talk–World Poetry Day, March 21, 2023