early 20th century

The Look

A two-quatrain gem in which the memory of a look proves stronger than any kiss.

Mowing

Frost’s “Mowing” praises labor’s truth over fantasy: the scythe’s whisper makes craft and attention the poem’s ethics.

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.