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Tag: Poetry

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting… Read More

Posted 89 years ago June 1, 1932
By Joe Hummel III

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

By Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because… Read More

Posted 105 years ago March 19, 1916
By Joe Hummel III

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae *originally published in Punch Magazine In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw… Read More

Posted 106 years ago May 3, 1915
By Joe Hummel III

Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon’s roar; The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more!… Read More

Posted 190 years ago September 16, 1830
By Joe Hummel III

An Evening Thought by Jupiter Hammon

An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries by Jupiter Hammon (October 17, 1711(?) – 1806) Salvation comes by Christ alone, The only Son of God; Redemption now to every one, That love his holy Word. Dear Jesus, we would fly to Thee, And leave off every Sin, Thy tender Mercy well agree; Salvation… Read More

Posted 260 years ago December 26, 1760
By Joe Hummel III

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