Ye Old Reading Room

The Christmas of 1888 25.12.2023 1:46 ↓

-- By John Greenleaf Whittier --

The Oak 06.11.2023 0:30 ↓

-- By Alfred Lord Tennyson -- 

A Dream 02.10.2023 0:48 ↓

-- By Edgar Allen Poe -- 

Children of Light 04.09.2023 0:42 ↓

-- By Robert Lowell --

Ding Dong Bell 21.08.2023 0:34 ↓

-- By Walter Crane -- 

Bo-Peep 14.08.2023 1:21 ↓

-- By Walter Crane --  Happy Birthday to the Legend!

Buy a Broom 05.06.2023 0:32 ↓

-- By Walter Crane -- 

Grasses 15.05.2023 1:25 ↓

-- By John Frederick Freeman --

King Cole -- By Walter Crane -- 03.04.2023 0:33 ↓

He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement: producing an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, and wallpapers arts along with associations with the international Socialist movement.

The Magic Shop -- By H.G. Wells -- 13.03.2023 25:10 ↓

H.G. Wells most prolific works include: The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and The Invisible Man.

The Star -- By Sara Teasdale -- 06.03.2023 1:06 ↓

Sara Teasdale was born on August 8, 1884 in St. Louis, MO.

The Jolly Tester -- By Walter Crane -- 27.02.2023 0:57 ↓

Walter Crane was born on the 15th of August 1845. 

The White Ship -- By HP Lovecraft -- 20.02.2023 15:36 ↓

H.P. Lovecraft was known to live semi-nocturnally. He preferred to stay up into the night to read, write, and study astronomy. 

Fact and Fancy -- By H.P. Lovecraft -- 30.01.2023 2:06 ↓

This poem was published just one year after his first publication The Alchemist. 

The Trial By Existence -- By Robert Frost -- 23.01.2023 3:46 ↓

Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874.  Robert Frosts work is painted by tragedy just like his life. His father died in 1885, his mother in 1900, and his sister, who was committed to a mental institution, dies in 1920.

Desiree's Baby -- By Kate Chopin -- 16.01.2023 14:03 ↓

Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 8, 1850. Most of her writing accurately portrayed the lives of women. Desiree's Baby was first published in 1893. Kate Chopin died in 1904. 

Pacifist War Song -- By HP Lovecraft -- 09.01.2023 1:26 ↓

Perhaps H.P. Lovecraft was not a fan of those who objected to WWI. 

Old & New Year Ditties 02.01.2023 3:36 ↓

-- By Christina Rossetti --  Rossetti's poem helps offer a a pensive, retrospective, meditation on the year passed, while simultaneously capturing the hope we all have for an even more magnificent year ahead.  

The Dark Thrushing 31.12.2022 1:45 ↓

-- By Thomas Hardy -- This masterwork was written on December 31, 1900 -- the last day of the 19th century. Although it is very early still in this century, reflect on how far we have come in the last 122 years. 

New Year Song 31.12.2022 0:34 ↓

-- By James Kelly --  This poem was printed in The Printers' Carnival and Other Poems collection by James Kelly; a book that was first published in 1875. The book was published by Love & Duncan on Bank Street in London. Information on the book and author are both extremely difficult to find. 

New Year's Eve 30.12.2022 2:42 ↓

-- By A.E. Housman --  Alfred Edward Housman was born in Bromsgrove of Worcestershire, England in 1859. He was a profound poet during his lifetime which included many works that captured the dark emotion of the First World War era. 

The Old Year 29.12.2022 1:11 ↓

-- By John Clare --  John Clare was the son of a farmer; born in Northamptonshire, England in 1793. Much of his work romanticizes the rural English life and laments the loss and disruption of the countryside. 

Christmas -- By H.P. Lovecraft -- 24.12.2022 0:30 ↓

As much as we love Lovecraft; we need better names for our poetry

Christmas Greetings to Felis (Frank Belknap Long’s cat) 23.12.2022 0:40 ↓

-- By H.P. Lovecraft -- 

Christmas Greetings to Sonia H. Greene 22.12.2022 0:24 ↓

By H.P. Lovecraft Remember to save your Christmas letters; they may be famous one day