Recent Episodes
"Above the Dock" by T.E. Hulme
"Red" (Excerpt) by Eugene Field
"When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats
"Love" Quatrain by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Scorpion" by Hilaire Belloc
"The World" (Excerpt) by George Herbert
Recent Blog Posts
The Power of Perspective: T.E. Hulme's "Above the Dock"
First published in 1908, "Above the Dock" is a seminal work by T.E. Hulme, an English critic and poet who was a central figure in the development of Modernism. Hulme was the driving force behind the Imagist movement, which championed precision, clar…
A Critical Eye: Eugene Field's "Red" (Excerpt)
A prolific poet and humorist in the late 19th century, Eugene Field was affectionately known as the "Poet of Childhood." First published in his 1892 collection A Second Book of Verse, "Red" is a multi-stanza work that is often distilled down to this…
The Pilgrim Soul: William Butler Yeats's "When You Are Old"
Published in his 1893 collection The Rose, "When You Are Old" is one of the most poignant works of William Butler Yeats, a titan of 20th-century Irish literature. Written during his intense and often unrequited pursuit of the Irish revolutionary Mau…