Poem of the Week – On the Idle Hill of Summer by A.E. Housman
Featured in A.E Housman’s collection of poems A Shropshire Lad, “On the Idle Hill of Summer” describes the onset of conflict in the English countryside.
Featured in A.E Housman’s collection of poems A Shropshire Lad, “On the Idle Hill of Summer” describes the onset of conflict in the English countryside.
In this week’s poem, the famous author Herman Melville contrasts the plenteous prospects of life with the insensate stillness of death.
In this week’s poem, Georg Heym articulates the disquieting sense of impending doom.
In this week’s poem, William Collins paints a picture of a beautiful evening.
This week’s poem by Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai addresses themes of homesickness and nostalgia.
In this week’s poem, Henry King expresses eagerness to meet his deceased wife once again in the afterlife.
Published in 1786, ‘Halloween’ may not be one of Robert Burns’s best-known poem, but it is one of his longest.
In this week’s poem, Hart Crane rifles through his late grandmother’s old boxes and discovers a deeper insight into her persona.
This week’s poem by Anne Bradstreet expresses the boundless and bountiful affection she felt for her husband.
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