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A Homecoming Poem for Spring: “Home-Soil”

March 8, 2018 by Randi

Spring Poem: "Home-Soil" by Randi Anderson

In spite of persistent nor’easters, spring is on its way in Pennsylvania. Woo hoo! As much as I love winter, I also like the weather to make up its mind once in a while … so as lion-lamb-don’t-know-what-I-am March begins, I think it’s time to move on. Spring poetry, here we come. Today’s poem (included in … Read more

A Poem for the Season of Exaltation: Zhukovsky’s “The Lark”

September 2, 2022April 28, 2017 by Randi

A Poem for the Season of Exaltation: Vasily Zhukovsky's "The Lark"

I confess I’m not much into spring poetry. The idea that spring is the season of poets is a super-cliché, and in my case, it’s not all that accurate. For me, fall and winter are the poetic seasons. They’re the times of introspection and reflection — of turning inward. Spring and summer are the seasons … Read more