Author -James Patrick Kinney ………………………. An Appreciation …………………. James Patrick Kenney, the author of the poem, the man who warmed ‘The Cold Within’ was an exceptionally talented Irish American poet,
Stanza One What does he plant who plants a tree? A The poem begins with a Refrain clearly indicating what the poet wants to convey to the readers. The poet
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and
John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shoreHis mama sure was proud of himHe stood straight and tall in his uniform and allHis mama’s face broke
Is there ought you need that my hands withhold,Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold?Lo ! I have flung to the East and the WestPriceless treasures torn from my
World is what you swim in, or dance, it is simple. We are in our element but we are not free. Outside this world you cannot breathe for long. The other has my
When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them. But swinging doesn’t bend them
I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken