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"Snow-Flakes" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Winter in the sky and the human heart--here is a sad and soft January poem for you

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"In the Bleak Mid-Winter" by Christina Rossetti

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"Winter" by Robert Southey

You will love this whimsical, sonnet-sized personification of Old Man Winter!

Jan 1 • Gemma Lynn Myers

Poems for Advent, Christmastide, and Epiphany: "And the WORD was made flesh..."

Rather than an analysis and lesson, I am offering you a banquet of beautiful poems for the season--something for everyone, great and small!

Dec 15, 2025 • Gemma Lynn Myers

"An Hymne of the Nativity, sung as by the Shepherds", excerpt, by Richard Crashaw

Crashaw is distinguished from other English Metaphysical poets as the only one who may be classified as Baroque--sensuous and ebullient, his verses are…

Dec 1, 2025 • Gemma Lynn Myers

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

Autumnal in mood, cyclical in form, this poem is a gem to add to your collection.

Nov 16, 2025 • Gemma Lynn Myers

"In the Bleak Mid-Winter" by Christina Rossetti

Well known as the hymn, this poem's title is actually "A Christmas Carol".

Nov 1, 2025 • Gemma Lynn Myers

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