April is National Poetry Month!
The English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language Department is celebrating National Poetry Month with its annual Campus Poetry Project.*
Let’s continue the celebration of poetry with the following:
Fire and Ice
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
First printed in Harper’s Magazine, December 1920
This poem is in the public domain.
https://poets.org/poem/fire-and-ice
One of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, Robert Frost was the author of numerous poetry collections, including including New Hampshire (Henry Holt and Company, 1923). Born in San Francisco in 1874, he lived and taught for many years in Massachusetts and Vermont. He died in Boston in 1963.
(Source: Poets.org)
*To view the Campus Poetry Project in Blackboard, click the “Community” tab, use “Organization Search” (bottom left corner) to find “Campus Poetry Project” and enroll.
Jennifer Austin
Assistant Professor of English
Published: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:00:43 +0000 by j.austin