(1871–1962)
English poet“The fish looked bigger in the water.”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 77.
category: fishing, perspective
medium: Poetry
“Gently, Years, Gently!”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 75.
medium: Poetry
“You can’t drive a bent nail home.”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 72.
category: carpentry, nail, proverb, woodworking
medium: Poetry
“Did anyone ever have a boring dream?”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 76.
category: dream
medium: Poetry
“…Innocent as my dog Patch,
Barking at his echo…”
source: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 72.
category: dog, echo, innocence
medium: Poetry
“‘Skunks,’ the squirrel said, ‘are sent to try us.'”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 71.
category: animal, challenge, skunk, squirrel
medium: Poetry
“A sparrow in a snowstorm with a feather in his bill: that is Faith.”
more infosource: “Flying Scrolls,” in The Skylark: and Other Poems (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959), 74.
category: bird, faith, snowstorm, sparrow
medium: Poetry
“The wink was not our best invention.”
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Ralph Hodgson