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Nobility
In Nobility, Cary conveys the importance of character over material wealth or social status. She champions kindness, honesty, and a life lived with integrity as the true measures of nobility. This poem resonates with her belief that real honor and “kingliness” lie in everyday acts of goodness and truthfulness, embodying the essence of her quote about kindness and truth. True worth is in being, not seeming,— In doing, each day that goes bySome little good—not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by.For whatever men say in their blindness, And in spite of the fancies of youth,There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as…
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The Canoe
This poem (also called “Said the Canoe”) is about the journey of life as it’s celebrated through nature’s challenges, conveying both strength and harmony with the natural world. My masters twain made me a bed Of pine-boughs resinous, and cedar; Of moss, a soft and gentle breeder Of dreams of rest ; and me they spread With furry skins, and laughing said, “Now she shall lay her polish’d sides, As queens do rest, or dainty brides,Our slender lady of the tides !” My masters twain their camp-soul lit, Streamed incense from the hissing cones, Large, crimson flashes grew and whirl’d Thin, golden nerves of sly light curl’d Round the dun…
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October
It’s mid October. Days and nights grow steadily cooler. The early morn sees more and more leaves laying sleepily on the ground, with low-lying fog in yonder fields, like a blanket of warmth. It’s somehow sad to see, and yet, I know it’s part of the cycle of rebirth every year. I love this time of year. Magical, mystical and ethereal. Looking for inspiration, I came across a lesser known author/poet whose story is quite interesting. And yes, inspiring. Elizabeth Orpha Hoyt. She was an American philosopher, author and poet who grew up in Athens, Ohio and who had such a thirst for knowledge. She was thought of as a…
