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Introducing Stanza & Story
Stanza & Story is the new home for the work that began at GoodPoetry.org—curated readings of classic poetry and prose, plus stories, speeches, and historical texts. If you came looking for GoodPoetry or GoodLiterature, you’re in the right place: everything now lives here under one name.
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The Swing
The poem by Robert Louis Stevenson captures the joy of childhood play, specifically the exhilaration of swinging high in the air. It conveys a sense of freedom and wonder as the child experiences the beauty of nature and the surroundings from an elevated perspective, highlighting the simple pleasures of life.
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“A Patriotic Creed”
by Edgar Allen Guest (1881 – 1959) To serve my country day by day At any humble post I may; To honor and respect her Flag, To live the traits of which I brag; To be American in deed As well as in my printed creed. To stand for truth and honest toil, To till…
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“The Art of a Poet”
by George Moses Horton True nature first inspires the man,But he must after learn to scan,And mark well every rule;Gradual the climax then ascend,And prove the contrast in the end,Between the wit and fool. A fool tho’ blind, may write a verse,And seem from folly to emergeAnd ryme well every line;One lucky, void of light,…
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Happy New Year!
It’s 2023! We’re excited about the great things to come in the New Year!
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from “The Octoroon” by Alberry Alston Whitman (1851 – 1901)
“…What man is there who would not dare defend A life like this? Is doing so a sin?”
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“The Author to Her Book” by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672
“…I washed thy face, but more defects I saw, And rubbing off a spot still made a flaw.”—Anne Bradstreet
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Songs for the People
by Ellen Watkins Harper Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the old and young;Songs to stir like a battle-cry Wherever they are sung.Not for the clashing of sabres, For carnage nor for strife;But songs to thrill the hearts of men With more abundant life.Let me make the songs for the weary,…
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“To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth”
“May fiery coursers sweep th’ ethereal plain, And bear thee upwards to that blest abode, Where, like the prophet, thou shalt find thy God.”
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From “An Anniversary Poem, Entitled, ‘The Progress of Liberty” by James Madison Bell (1826 – 1902)
“Though slavery’s dead, yet there remains A work for those from whom the chains Today are falling one by one; Nor should they deem their labor done,”— from “An Anniversary Poem, Entitled, ‘The Progress of Liberty” by James Madison Bell
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