The Look
A two-quatrain gem in which the memory of a look proves stronger than any kiss.
Theme
early 20th century
3 poems
early 20th century
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.