Rivers to the Sea

My fav poet! I’m so happy to have found an old print edition of RIVERS TO THE SEA. Though my book says it was printed in 1915. And given as a gift to the purchaser’s wife in 1918.......more

What her poems lack in complexity, they make up for in genuine emotion. She may tiptoe up and down the line of sentimentality, but as far as I'm concerned, she does no more than let one toe across the line. Her best work is along the theme of lost love.......more

Sara Teasdale's poems are like lace doilies--quaint and old-fashioned, even sentimental, but sweet and impressive for their unsophisticated intricacy and emphatic prettiness. INDIAN SUMMER Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird,......more

Morning I went out on an April morning All alone, for my heart was high, I was a child of the shining meadow, I was a sister of the sky There in the windy floor of morning Longing lifted its weight from me, Lost as a sob in the midst of cheering, Swept as a sea-bird out to sea. Except from From the Woolwo......more

I became her fan after reading her book 'Love Songs' and this book too had some of the poems she has written in the love songs. I loved all of them. If you are someone who enjoys reading poetry, then Sara Teasdale should be on your list as her words will fill your heart with hope and love.......more