‘I have been waiting long for an earth song’ Langston Hughes
‘It’s an earth song’
#Kiss Day: As Time Goes By
“You must remember this/A kiss is just a kiss”
#Sámi National Day
Sámi National Day on February 6 is a cultural celebration for the Sámi people. On this day in 1917, the first Sámi congress took place in Trondheim, Norway.
A ‘Telling of the Hidden Life’
Image by Rosie Hopkins: ‘Fresh-locked all the winter’ – Christina Rossetti
Jabberwocky #WordNerdDay
“The Jabberwocky”. An illustration by John Tenniel to the poem Jabberwocky.
First published in Carroll, Lewis. 1871. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Twas The Night Before Christmas
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;”
‘Dust of Snow’
Image by Rosie Hopkins, Poem by Robert Frost
Christmas Past: ‘The Sorrowful Christmas of 1899’
‘May this mad war the latest be/Which we who live shall never see’
‘The Aim Was Song’
“Before man to blow to right
The wind once blew itself untaught”
‘Who are we remembering ?’
‘Everyone, anyone from every side’ Stuart A. Paterson
