Noble House Blog

Dust of Snow
by Robert Frost

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued

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Last week Roger Angell spent the morning with the students of Noble House.  He told us stories and showed us pictures of his step-father, E. B. White.  Mr. Angell also read passages from several of E. B. White’s books and his own memoirs entitled, Let Me Finish.  I have posted two letters he wrote to the class, one before his visit and one written afterwards. Please go to the “photo” section of the blog to see more pictures of this event.

 

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We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

From: “Impressions” (The formatting has been altered slightly.)

VI

the
sky
was
can   dy     lu
minous
edible
spry
pinks shy
lemons
greens    coo    l choc
olate
s.

un      der,
a      lo
co
mo
tive         s      pout
ing
vi
o
lets

– e.e. cummings