January : Hilaire Belloc : : January Poems : : Sonnet : : Months Poems : :

Hilaire Belloc JanuaryIt freezes- all across a soundless sky 1The birds go home. The governing dark’s begun: 2The steadfast dark that waits not for a sun; 3The ultimate dark wherein the race shall die. 4Death, with his evil finger to his lip, 5Leers in at human windows, turning spy 6To learn the country where hisContinue reading “January : Hilaire Belloc : : January Poems : : Sonnet : : Months Poems : :”

Letter Written During a January Northeaster : Anne Sexton : January Poem : : Months Poems : :

Private: Letter Written During a January Northeaster: a poem by Anne Sexton Monday Dearest,It is snowing, grotesquely snowingupon the small faces of the dead.Those dear loudmouths, gone for over a year,buried side by sidelike little wrens.But why should I complain?The dead turn over casually,thinking: Good! No visitors today.My window, which is not a grave,is darkContinue reading “Letter Written During a January Northeaster : Anne Sexton : January Poem : : Months Poems : :”

January : R S Thomas : : January Poem : ( 1 ) : : January Song ( 1975 ) : Pilot – Alexander Robertson : David Paton : LYRICS VIDEO : ( 2 ) : : January Song LIVE ( 1976 ) (Wimbledon Theatre) : Pilot (3 ) : : Months Poems : :

The fox drags its wounded belly 1 Over the snow, the crimson seeds 2 Of blood burst with a mild explosion, 3Soft as excrement, bold as roses. 4 Over the snow that feels no pity, 5 Whose white hands can give no healing, 6The fox drags its wounded belly. 7 — R S Thomas “January”Continue reading “January : R S Thomas : : January Poem : ( 1 ) : : January Song ( 1975 ) : Pilot – Alexander Robertson : David Paton : LYRICS VIDEO : ( 2 ) : : January Song LIVE ( 1976 ) (Wimbledon Theatre) : Pilot (3 ) : : Months Poems : :”

January : Dante Gabriel Rossetti : : Sonnet : : January Poem : : Months Poems : :

January –by Dante Gabriel Rossetti : For January I give you vests of skins,And mighty fires in hall, and torches lit; 2Chambers and happy beds with all things fit;Smooth silken sheets, rough furry counterpanes; 4And sweetmeats baked; and one that deftly spinsWarm arras; and Douay cloth, and store of it; 6And on this merry mannerContinue reading “January : Dante Gabriel Rossetti : : Sonnet : : January Poem : : Months Poems : :”

January‌ : William Carlos Williams : : January Poem : Months Poems : :

JanuaryWilliam Carlos Williams – 1883-1963 Again I reply to the triple winds 1running chromatic fifths of derision 2outside my window: Play louder. 3You will not succeed. I ambound more to my sentences 5the more you batter at meto follow you. 6 And the wind,as before, fingers perfectlyits derisive music 7 “January ” A Months PoemContinue reading “January‌ : William Carlos Williams : : January Poem : Months Poems : :”

સવિતા નવ વર્ષ તણો ઊગતો : સાગર મહારાજ : : નવું વર્ષ મુબારક હો : : Happy New Year : :

સવિતા નવ વર્ષ તણો ઊગતો સવિતા નવ વર્ષ તણો ઊગતો , પ્રભુ મંગલ પુણ્ય પ્રભા ભરતો,નવું જૂનું ક્રમે વરસો ગણતો, પ્રભુ કાલ પ્રવાહ વહે હસતો; સવિતા. નવવર્ષ પ્રભો નવ અંક તણું, રમણીય નવાઙકન સામ્ય સ્મરુંપ્રભુ સ્નેહ સુવર્ધક વર્ષ નવું , નવવર્ષ પ્રભુ અવિકારી ચહું; સવિતા. ઉપકારી બનું ગત વર્ષ સ્મરી ,શું હું ગાન કરુ પ્રભુContinue reading “સવિતા નવ વર્ષ તણો ઊગતો : સાગર મહારાજ : : નવું વર્ષ મુબારક હો : : Happy New Year : :”

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Ring out, wild bells : Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Christmas Poems : :

In Memoriam A. H. H. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII: 106BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSONRing out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: 2 The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. 4 Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: 6Continue reading “Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Ring out, wild bells : Alfred, Lord Tennyson : : Christmas Poems : :”

A Visit from St Nicholas : Clement Clarke Moore : : Christmas Poems : :

A Visit from St. NicholasBY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;The children were nestled all snug in their beds;While visions of sugar-plums danced in theirContinue reading “A Visit from St Nicholas : Clement Clarke Moore : : Christmas Poems : :”

The Oxen : Thomas Hardy : ( 1 ) : : John Betjeman, ‘Christmas : ( 2 ) : : Christmas Poems : :

The OxenThomas Hardy Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. “Now they are all on their knees,”An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in hearthside ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen,Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt theyContinue reading “The Oxen : Thomas Hardy : ( 1 ) : : John Betjeman, ‘Christmas : ( 2 ) : : Christmas Poems : :”

On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity : John Milton : : Christmas Poems : :

On the Morning of Christ’s NativityBY JOHN MILTONThis is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heav’n’s eternal King,Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his FatherContinue reading “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity : John Milton : : Christmas Poems : :”

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