Category Archives: Poetry

Poem: The Calf Path by Sam Walter Foss (1895)


One day thru the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves should;
But made a trail, all bent … Continue reading

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Poem: Christmas Trees, by Robert Frost

Christmas Trees

(A Christmas Circular Letter, by Robert Frost)

The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the ... Continue reading

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Candia New Hampshire Journalist, Editor and Poet, Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)

During his lifetime, he was called “Poet of the People,” and “Master of the Yankee Dialect,” but today he is … Continue reading

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Poem: A New Hampshire Political Halloween Brew

Fillet of a Wiezcorek;
In the cauldron Pignatelli bake.
Eye of Lynch, and toe of Griffin,… Continue reading

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Poem: The Bloodless Sportsman, by Sam W. Foss

.The Bloodless Sportsman.
   by Sam W. Foss

 “I go a-gunning, but take no gun;
    I … Continue reading

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