The Concise Verse
Where brevity meets beauty - a new poem every week.
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"The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg
"Silver" by Walter de la Mare
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So Much Depends: A Brief Look at Carl Sandburg's "Fog"
Carl Sandburg’s “Fog,” published in 1916, is one of the most famous examples of American Imagist poetry. It is a perfect choice for The Concise Verse because it does so much with so little. In just six brief lines, Sandburg paints …
Moonlit Magic: The Quiet Beauty of Walter de la Mare’s “Silver”
Walter de la Mare’s “Silver,” first published in 1913, is a poem that uses imagery and alliteration to weave a spell of moonlit magic. It is a quiet masterpiece that slows the reader down, forcing them to observe the familiar world…
So Much Depends: A Brief Look at William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wh…
William Carlos Williams’s "The Red Wheelbarrow" is one of the most famous and, deceptively, one of the most revolutionary poems in American literature. Written in 1923, it stands as a perfect example of the Imagist movement, arguing that the t…