The Publisher

A collection of spring poems   flowered  by some of the greatest word artists. Accompanied by images with wise words to bring spring forward to our minds:  blooming optimism, renewal, inspiration and beauty. Spring by William Blake  Sound the flute! Now it’s mute. Birds delight Day and night; Nightingale In the dale, Lark in sky, Merrily, Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year. Little boy, Full of joy; Little girl, Sweet and small; Cock does crow, So do you; Merry voice, Infant noise, Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year. Little lamb, Here I am; Come and lick My white neck; Let me pull Your soft wool; Let me kiss Your soft face; Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year . SPRING by  BY  GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –              When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;   ...

“Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch’s brew.”   ~Anthony Hecht Academy of American Poets Chancellor (1971-1997) SOURCE :  https://www.poets.org Spookiness in poetry ..... Robert Frost Ghost House I Dwell in a lonely house I know   That vanished many a summer ago,  And left no trace but the cellar walls,  And a cellar in which the daylight falls,  And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.  O'er ruined fences the grape-vines shield  The woods come back to the mowing field;  The orchard tree has grown one copse  Of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops;  The footpath down to the well is healed.  I dwell with a strangely aching heart  In that vanished abode there far apart  On that disused and forgotten road  That has no dust-bath now for the toad.  Night comes; the black bats tumb...