Acquainted with the Night
A modern terza rima, “Acquainted with the Night” traces an urban circuit of solitude where time is “neither wrong nor right.”
The Sound of the Trees
In “The Sound of the Trees,” Frost turns ambient rustle into the cadence of decision, where thought itself becomes the poem’s action.
The Pasture
A gentle invitation to shared attention, “The Pasture” makes pastoral chores into hospitality and announces Frost’s companionable voice.
Reluctance
Frost’s “Reluctance” weighs the dignity of refusal against nature’s insistence on change, ending with a stark challenge to easy acceptance.
Once by the Pacific
A storm gathers with apocalyptic force in Frost’s sonnet “Once by the Pacific,” a cool, exact vision of power beyond human scale.
The Wood-Pile
Frost’s “The Wood-Pile” turns a found stack of cordwood in a winter swamp into a meditation on craft, abandonment, and time’s quiet entropy.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” captures the fleeting beauty of youth, nature, and innocence — a timeless meditation on impermanence.
Fire and Ice
Frost’s “Fire and Ice” weighs desire and hate as forces of destruction, distilling apocalypse into nine lines of icy wit.
Mending Wall
“Mending Wall” stages a spring ritual of repair as an argument about custom. The speaker mocks his neighbor’s proverb even as he performs the labor that…
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” captures duty and desire in a quiet winter moment between beauty, rest, and responsibility.
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” explores the complexity of choice and the stories we tell about our lives.
Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti was an English poet whose lyrical and spiritual poetry explored faith, love, and the complexity of devotion.