Category Archives: Poetry

Poem: "Monadnock in Autumn," by Edna Dean Proctor

Posted on 21 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

Uprose Monadnock in the northern blue,
A glorious temple builded to the Lord!

The setting sun his crimson radiance … Continue reading →

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Poem: "Contoocook River," by Edna Dean Proctor

Posted on 9 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

Of all the streams that seek the sea
By mountain pass, or sunny lea,
Now where is one that dares … Continue reading →

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Henniker New Hampshire Poet: Edna Dean Proctor (1827-1923)

Posted on 7 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

Edna Dean Proctor was born in Henniker NH in 1827, on Proctor’s Hill overlooking the Contoocook River. She was educated in early years at home by her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Seminary and at Concord NH.  Her life’s professions … Continue reading →

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Poem: "The Tollbridge Keeper" by Sam Walter Foss

Posted on 1 August, 2007 by Janice Brown

I live here by my tollbridge
  Content, without a want,–
My bridge, that joins these mighty States,
  New … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Poem: 1807 Fisherman’s Song

Posted on 24 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

Mankind are all FISH: and I'll lay you a bet,
I prove that they all will come into the NET;… Continue reading →

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