Archive - Poems Ancient and Modern

Today’s Poem: Mistletoe

Walter de la Mare: not that kind of creep

Dec 27 •

Today’s Poem: The House of Christmas

The place where God was homeless / And all men are at home

Dec 26 •

Today’s Poem: The Burning Babe

Robert Southwell and the martyr’s Christmas

Dec 25 •

Today’s Poem: The Oxen

Dec 24 •

Today’s Poem: In the Bleak Midwinter

Christina Rossetti and divine self-giving

Dec 23 •

Today’s Poem: A Visit from St. Nicholas

’Twas the night before . . . oh, you know how it goes

Dec 20 •

Today’s Poem: The Pyrrha Ode

John Milton Englishes Horace’s Latin

Dec 19 •

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Christopher Childers

Today’s Poem: My Ghostly Father

Charles d’Orleans and a stolen kiss

Dec 18 •

Today’s Poem: Snow-Bound

A universe of sky and snow

Dec 17 •

Today’s Poem: Christ’s Nativity

Henry Vaughan, the leper at the manger

Dec 16 •

Today’s Poem: A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day

John Donne at midnight

Dec 13 •

Today’s Poem: A Prayer for the Past

George MacDonald and the timeless generosity of God

Dec 12 •

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