Author: Rus VanWestervelt

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 29. Sonnet 23 by William Shakespeare

  Hello, everyone. Today, for our second-to-last sonnet in honor of National Poetry Month, I have chosen Sonnet 23 by William… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry In April: 28. How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Welcome, all. For the third-to-last sonnet that I will be sharing with you during National Poetry Month, I chose to… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry In April: 27. O Solitude! by John Keats

  Good afternoon, all. Today is April 27, and we are now in our final four of sonnets for National Poetry… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 26. Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare

  Welcome to day 26 of National Poetry Month! As we near the end of the month, I will be sharing… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 25. Life and Death, by Cosmo Monkhouse

  Welcome to day 25 of National Poetry Month. Tonight I am featuring a British poet of the Victorian era, William… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 24. A Timid Grace, by Charles Lamb

  Good evening, all 🙂 Today’s sonnet is by Charles Lamb, another romantic British poet who traveled in the same circle… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 23: Sonnet 145 by William Shakespeare

  Today we celebrate the life of William Shakespeare, who was rumored to be born on this day in 1564; it… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 22. “Grasshopper and Cricket” by Mary Russell Mitford

  Happy Earth Day, to all. I remember turning the earth 50 years ago with my 5-year-old classmates as we planted… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 21. “Anthem for Doomed Youth,” by Wilfred Owen

  Welcome back. For today’s poem, I decided to dip into the 20th century with a sonnet by Wilfred Owen, a… Read more.

• Celebrating Poetry in April: 20. A Sonnet Upon Sonnets, by Robert Burns

  Welcome to Day 20 of our daily sonnets celebrating National Poetry Month. Tonight, I am reading Robert Burns’ “A Sonnet… Read more.