Listen to the Mustn'ts (Pickled Poem Ep. 82)
"Listen to the Mustn'ts" by Shel Silverstein Listen to Mustn'ts, child, listen to the Don'ts.Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts.Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me...
28 Helmi 20251min
Who Has Seen the Wind? (Pickled Poem Ep. 81)
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Christina Rossetti Who has seen the wind?Neither I nor you:But when the leaves hang trembling,The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind?Neither you nor I:But...
21 Helmi 20251min
My Valentine (Pickled Poem Ep. 80)
"My Valentine" (excerpt) by Robert Louis Stevenson I will make you brooches and toys for your delightOf bird-song at morning and star-shine at night.I will make a palace fit for you and meOf green day...
14 Helmi 20251min
February Twilight (Pickled Poem Ep. 79)
"February Twilight" by Sara Teasdale I stood beside a hillSmooth with new-laid snow,A single star looked outFrom the cold evening glow. There was no other creatureThat saw what I could see—I sto...
7 Helmi 20251min
Velvet Shoes (Pickled Poem Ep. 78)
"Velvet Shoes" by Elinor Wylie Let us walk in the white snow In a soundless space;With footsteps quiet and slow, At a tranquil pace, Under veils of white lace. I shall go shod in silk, ...
31 Tammi 20252min
The First Snowfall (Pickled Poem Ep. 77)
"The First Snowfall" (excerpt) by James Russell Lowell The snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the nightHad been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pin...
24 Tammi 20251min
January (Pickled Poem Ep. 76)
"January" by John Foster January isA clean white sheet, newly-ironedAn empty page:A field of freshly-fallen snowWaiting to be mappedBy our footsteps. Hi, I’m Grace, and this is the Peter Piper Picked ...
17 Tammi 20252min
