Today’s Poem of the Day, “Sea Fever” by John Masefield (1878–1967), has long been a staple of children’s anthologies. It’s the quintessence of the traditional “boy’s poem,” with its call to a life ...
Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), whose “I Can in Groups These Mimic Flowers Compose” appeared as Poem of the Day in April 2022, is credited with the revival of the sonnet in England. Admittedly, since the ...
Though a wide expanse of ocean separates Plymouth in New England from Plymouth in England, the two communities are forever linked through the common bond of destiny. Nearly 400 years ago, the Pilgrims ...
frost, a star edges with its fire. About this Poem "Sea Violet" was published in H. D.'s book "Sea Garden" (Houghton Mifflin, 1916). About H. D. Hilda Doolittle was born on September 10, 1886, in ...
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Julia Schroers, a 14-year-old student from Guilford, CT. You ...