Penny's Poetry Blog

Canadian Folk-Song The doors are shut, the windows fast, Outside the gust is driving past, Outside the shivering ivy clings, While...

The Housewife: Winter Afternoon The children's cat upon the window-sill, The little sounds that make the house so still, That old...

To the Same (Philoclea) Hark, how the chill north chides among the trees, Making us shrink and shiver at the sound! See, how the snow ...

from   The Social Zodiac: February Saint Valentine! The post is late! No letters come — 'tis long past Eight!      But on this br...

Sonnet for the 14th of February No popular respect will I omit To do thee honor on this happy day, When every loyal lover tasks his wi...

A Game of Chess Terrace and lawn are white with frost, Whose fretwork flowers upon the panes — A mocking dream of summer, lost 'M...

February in Rome When Roman fields are red with cyclamen,   And in the palace gardens you may find,   Under great leaves and shelter...