This second volume of verse by Grace Hazard Conkling -- American poet, author and musician -- ranges in theme from close observations of the natural world to the loss and desolation of World War I. Having taught English for 34 years at Smith College, Conkling remains honored to this day with an annual poetry residency in her name. - Summary by Nemo
Chapters
1 The Road to Mount Tom 2 min 2 The Road to Hockanum Ferry 2 min 3 The Road to the Pool 1 min 4 The Saw-mill on the Connecticut 1 min 5 Songs on the Mohawk Trail (6 Short Poems) 5 min 6 Journey's End 1 min 7 War 2 min 8 The Return of Jeanne D'arc 6 min 9 Refugees- Belgium 1914 2 min 10 At the Cross-roads 1 min 11 Letter to an Aviator in France 5 min 12 The Names 3 min 13 Adventure 5 min 14 Six Songs From Over There (6 Short Poems) 3 min 15 The Dream 1 min 16 The Ruined Cities 2 min 17 His Letter 2 min 18 The Nightingales of Flanders 1 min 19 To Francis Ledwidge 1 min 20 Rheims Cathedral- 1918 1 min 21 Victory Bells 1 min 22 ‘Honorably Discharged' 1 min 23 Poppies 1 min 24 Frost on a Window 1 min 25 Hilda in the Wood 1 min 26 To the Schooner ‘Casco' 2 min 27 A Letter to Elsa 2 min 28 The Caribbean From a Northern Garden 1 min 29 I Have Cared for You, Moon 1 min 30 Dilemma 3 min 31 Songs of Places-old Mexico (13 Short Poems) 6 min 32 The Door-harp 1 min 33 Bells at Evening 1 min 34 Night Song 1 min 35 A Child's Song Overheard 1 min 36 Parting 1 min 37 White Foxglove 1 min 38 The Rainy Moon 1 min 39 Garden Dusk 1 min 40 The Rose 1 min 41 Cedars 1 min 42 Moonrise 1 min 43 Solitude 1 min 44 ‘Nuit D'etoiles' 1 min 45 ‘Reflets Dans L'eau' 1 min 46 Elegy for the Irish Poet, Ledwidge 1 min 47 The Wilderness 1 min
