Skating (Pickled Poem Ep. 27)
“Skating” by Herbert Asquith When I try to skate,My feet are so waryThey grit and they grate:And then I watch MaryEasily gliding,Like an ice-fairy;Skimming and curving,Out and in,With a turn of her he...
9 Feb 20242min
Gay Crickets (Pickled Poem Ep. 26)
"Gay Crickets" by Effie Lee Newsome Without a single bit of fuss A cricket came to live with us. Without one little word to say A black-dressed cricket came to stay, and steal into a basement crack A...
2 Feb 20242min
Sneezles (Pickled Poem Ep. 25)
“Sneezles” by A. A. Milne Christopher RobinHad wheezlesAnd sneezles,They bundled himInto His bed.They gave him what goesWith a cold in the nose,And some more for a coldIn the head.They wonderedIf whee...
26 Jan 20244min
I'm Nobody! Who Are You? (Pickled Poem Ep. 24)
“I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody!How pu...
19 Jan 20242min
Trees (Pickled Poem Ep. 23)
“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And...
12 Jan 20242min
Voices of Water (Pickled Poem Ep. 22)
“Voices of Water” by Tony Mitton The water in the rain says tick tick tack The water in the sleet says slushThe water in the ice says crick crick crack The water in the snow says hush The water in...
5 Jan 20242min
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Pickled Poems Ep. 21)
"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" by Eugene Field Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew."Where are you going, and what d...
29 Dec 20234min
In the Bleak Midwinter (Pickled Poem Ep. 20)
"In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midw...
22 Dec 20233min
