Poems of Life

By Katharine Forrest Hamill

No other form of art can capture the range and diversity of human experience the way a poem can. This is a collection of the most cherished poems by Katharine Forrest Hamill. The thoughts expressed in these verses are a delight to read. These lovely poems are written on fascinating topics that interest the readers throughout the collection.
Hamill takes the readers on a beautiful journey into the captivating world of poetry. It features Jewels, Something Gone, A-Maying, Tribute, and many other poems by the prolific poet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066169138

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Katharine Forrest Hamill

Poems of Life

Published by Good Press, 2021

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EAN 4064066169138

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TO-DAY

JEWELS

SOMETHING GONE

A-MAYING

TRIBUTE

GOOD-BYE

She

He

She

He

She

He

She

THE WONDROUS SONG

MILADI

THE SOMETHING MY LIFE HAS MISSED

CONTENTMENT

GONE

TO MY MUSE

CONCEPTION

AWAKENING

THE HOUSE BUILT ON SANDS

TO A BUTTERFLY

A FRAGMENT

QUERY

I CLOSE MINE EYES

UNDERSTANDING

WE MET IN MAY

I TURN ME DOWN A LIGHTED WAY

COUNSEL

DECISION

YOU NEVER GUESSED THE SECRET

THE LIGHT

EDUCATION

RE-ADJUSTMENT

FROM RHYMES FOR WEE SWEETHEARTS

WHEN GRANDMAMA WAS LITTLE

HAROLD’S LAMENT

MRS. SPIDER

THE NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL

ON THE STAIR

THE LAND O’ DREAMS

II

THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

WHEN OUR FATHERS WERE LITTLE BOYS

SLUMBER LAND

THE NEW BROTHER

TO-DAY

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THE Yesterdays we might have called our own

But which, in our blindness, we let slip by,

Alas! they know not to return again,

Deep-buried doth each, within its grave, lie.

But O belov’ed, now that we have made

The golden secret ours—to hold alway

We will not sorrow o’er departed hours—

Just live in God’s great glorious—To-day!

JEWELS

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OH, not the