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]]> http://www.mommysvillage.com/fun-with-poetry-cartoons/feed Poems by Lord Byron http://www.mommysvillage.com/poems-by-lord-byron http://www.mommysvillage.com/poems-by-lord-byron#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:02:25 +0000 Village Poet Classic Lit Guide Esther Lombardi reminds us that January 22 is ?Byron Day,? the birthday of George Gordon, Lord Byron. He was the descendant of English naval officers and barons…

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]]> http://www.mommysvillage.com/poems-by-lord-byron/feed Hidden meaning encoded in a poem sends the poet to jail http://www.mommysvillage.com/hidden-meaning-encoded-in-a-poem-sends-the-poet-to-jail http://www.mommysvillage.com/hidden-meaning-encoded-in-a-poem-sends-the-poet-to-jail#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:02:18 +0000 Village Poet Since ancient times, poets have used acrostics to embed ?secret? messages in their poems (not so secret, actually — an acrostic poem spells out its subject in the first letter…

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]]> http://www.mommysvillage.com/poems-by-lord-byron/feed Frost?s Homer Noble Farm Treated Most Ignobly http://www.mommysvillage.com/frosts-homer-noble-farm-treated-most-ignobly http://www.mommysvillage.com/frosts-homer-noble-farm-treated-most-ignobly#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:02:42 +0000 Village Poet We?ve posted a number of times here about ?the poetry of place,? poetry?s often-intimate connection with the poet?s home place, and the celebration of poets? homes after their passing as…

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