Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“When the Groves Begin to Bear”
by George E. Merrick
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A child trudges up to bed.
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic’s way,
The poet reflects on the world at noon, while laying back and dozing.
A list and description of possible exercises that can be used to catch the attention of your students at the beginning of the school day.
Tommy Stubbins tells about his life in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and his three friends, Joe, Matthew Mugg, and Luke.
"Ain’t it nice to have a mammy"
A fairy tale that teaches children to be tidy or they will be doomed to play with pigs in the mud.
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
Whitefoot becomes sad and uninterested in the things he once loved, but he can’t figure out why.
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light
Du Bois explains and presents the Sorrow Songs of the olden days.
So bashful when I spied her
She died, — this was the way she died;
A poem about a man trying to win the heart of a maid.
A child observes the many sites that adorn the Indian River.
The author gives the reader some insight to into the purpose of his book.
A man and woman wish for a child. One winter they decide to create a snow child, and are shocked to see their creation miraculously come to life. They treat the child, Snowflake, as their own and shower her with love and affection. Unfortunately the arrival of spring brings changes that cause unhappiness.
The author admires the nature along the banks of the Oklawaha River.
"Wen I git up in de mo’nin’ an’ de clouds is big an’ black,"
I started early, took my dog