The Abettor of Bees…
Flowing Nature I’m the movement of clouds, … Continue reading The Abettor of Bees…
Tag: Homeschool Poetry
Visit then this soul of mine
The melody of one of two hymns will rise to a quiet murmur in my subconscious those mornings when I open my eyes to a sky glowing apricot, sometimes pink, above the shutters in our bedroom window. On the wall … Continue reading Visit then this soul of mine
Adventure in Anapest
The Daughter and I have been proceeding slowly through the Grammar of Poetry curriculum, a lesson per week or so through this school year. It’s supposed to be The Daughter’s curriculum, but as the teaching parent, who enjoys poetry … Continue reading Adventure in Anapest
Singing Tennyson
What is it called when a person suddenly notices certain objects everywhere, not because of increased frequency but because of increased awareness? There is a word, but I can’t think of it. As you may have noticed from our Tennyson, … Continue reading Singing Tennyson
Tennyson, Ulysses and 007
Our poet for the Third Term in the Garner Homeschool is Alfred, Lord Tennyson. We have a few poems to read each week, and then we are scheduled to spend the last few weeks of the term reading Idylls … Continue reading Tennyson, Ulysses and 007
And Yet They Choose to Fight
Welcome to my third post sharing thoughts about G.K. Cheston’s epic poem Ballad of the White Horse. “The King went gathering Wessex men, As wheat out of the husk; Eldred, the Franklin by the sea, And Mark, the man from … Continue reading And Yet They Choose to Fight
Rabbit Trails 