Bookshelf

Links to various poems, stories, etc. that I enjoy, and maybe some book reccomendations? If I'm ever feeling really courageous, maybe I'll post some of my own stuff here too.

Poems

The Bridge of Sighs¹
Tom O' Bedlam Among the Sunflowers²
Eagle Poem
There Will Come Soft Rains
Trust
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
The Duel³
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose⁴
A Divine Image & The Divine Image⁵

Old Stories

Tochmarc Étaíne in English, Modern Irish, and Old Irish¹
Faust & Related Folktales

Articles

Glossary of Falconry Terms
Child Mortality in Late 19th Century America
A History of Burial in London

---

(seperating these footnotes by section for the sake of my sanity)

Poems

¹ The only poem that's ever made me cry. I can't explain why, exactly, but I was bored and translating it, and the gentleness and history of it hit me all at once. One of my favorites ever for that reason alone.

² I like a lot of Thomas James' poetry, but this is the first poem of his I read, so it's what I'm linking! Highly reccomend his collection Letters to a Stranger - a lot of melancholy, beautiful poetry.

³ We sang a choral arrangement of this in middle school. I can't read it without hearing 30 or so children's voices singing it. Help.

⁴ Robert Burns poem!!! Like a lot of what he wrote, this one's also a song. Unlike the previous poem, it's one I still sing :) no specific recording I'd reccomend, but it's got a lovely melody too.

⁵ Two poems that (in my opinion) you have to read back to back. More 19th century poetry that makes me emotional.

Old Stories

¹ I love this text. So much. It was what got me into medieval Irish literature, and later folklore. There's stories I like more, but this one has a lot of sentimental value for me.