When We Were Very Young

 

Title: When We Were Very Young

Author: A. A. Milne

Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Children's Literature

    Dust Jacket Synopsis: 

    A. A. Milne's classic celebration of childhood, When We Were Very Young, is a collection of verses that reach to the heart of the youngest listener. His poems sing with a playful innocence, weaving together the worlds of reality and enchanting make-believe. They are matched perfectly by Ernest Shepard's whimsical illustrations, which have delighted and reassured countless readers. Those who look carefully will discover the very first appearance of that Best Bear in All the World, Winnie-the-Pooh. 

    These poems have been read and reread to generations of children. Today, more than sixty years after their first publication, they still ring so true that they will surely find a cherished place on every bookshelf.

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The crown of literature is poetry. —W. Somerset Maugham—

Sonnet 2 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 2 

by William Shakespeare

When forty winters shall beseige thy brow,

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,

Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,

Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:

Then being ask'd where all thy beauty lies,

Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,

To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,

Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.

How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,

If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine

Shall sum my count and make my old excuse,'

Proving his beauty by succession thine!

This were to be new made when thou art old,

And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

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 All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, “Something’s wrong, let’s change it for the better.” —Sonia Sanchez—

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 A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius. —George Edward Woodberry—

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Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. —Allen Ginsberg—

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Poetry is language surprised in the act of changing into meaning. —Stanley Kunitz—