Posts Tagged ‘British poets’
Winifred Mary Letts: Spring’s Honest Voice in a Time of War
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. February 10, 1882 Dearest Gardeners, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Winifred Mary Letts, an English-born writer who spent much of her life in Ireland and became a singular voice of…
Read MoreRuth Pitter: The Gardener-Poet of Hainault Forest
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 7, 1897 Today in botanical history, we celebrate Ruth Pitter [PIT-er] (1897-1992), a remarkable British poet whose deep connection to nature, primarily through her beloved Hainault Forest, shaped her literary legacy. Pitter’s…
Read MoreLord Byron’s Diaries: The Greatest Literary Crime of 1824
A Literary Crime May 17, 1824 On this day, the diaries of the English Romantic poet, satirist, and politician, Lord Byron, are burned by six of his friends. The act intended to protect his privacy has also been described as “the greatest crime in literary history.” The loss likely impacted botanical literature as Lord Byron…
Read MoreThe Hushed Heat of Dog Days: Poetry and Reflection in Summer’s Blaze
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. August heat in the garden. July 17, 2020 We are deep now in the Dog Days of summer, that sweltering stretch…
Read MoreFern Unfurling: Ted Hughes on Silence and Renewal
by Ted Hughes Here is the fern’s frond, unfurling a gesture, Like a conductor whose music will now be pause And the one note of silence To which the whole earth dances gravely – A dancer, leftover, among crumbs and remains Of God’s drunken supper, Dancing to start things up again. And they do start…
Read MoreAlive Beneath the Snow: January’s Hidden Garden Work
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. The garden in winter. January 14, 2020 On this day, let us cast aside the common misconception that January is merely…
Read MoreJohn Keats: Romantic Lyric Poet Born Under the Plum Tree
Ode to Autumn Today is the birthday of the English romantic lyric poet John Keats who was born in 1795. During his short life, (Keats died from tuberculosis at the age of 25), his poems didn’t make much of a mark. But after his death, Keat’s reputation grew, and today, he is considered one…
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