A short anthology




Here are some poems I like. They are not standard anthology pieces, and it is unlikely you will have seen many of them before. But on they other hand, they are not obscure either. I have taken the liberty of explaining why I like them: why I think these poems are good, with the idea of generating enough interest in the casual surfer for him or her to move on from idle scanning to real reading.

Feedback would be of interest. Send comments to martin@tartarus.org.


On Leaping over the Moon. Thomas Traherne
His Tears to Thamesis. Robert Herrick
When Windsor walls ... Henry Howard
Second Honeymoon. Catherine Decker
How oft when thou, my music ... William Shakespeare
A Mysterious Poem
A Long Story. Thomas Gray
Doubt thou, the stars ... William Shakespeare
Spring Quiet. Christina Rossetti
Teignmouth. John Keats