He and Kipling have always been my favorite poets. I added Edgar Guest as an adult. I should probably branch out in my weekly poems, but between those three there is so much material!
I grew up in Alaska, my Mom's side of the family has been homesteading up there since before it was a state. Service has always spoken to me deeply, his longing for the wilderness and the killing cold. But he was an astute man who knew what hardship looked and felt like.
Amen, Ms. Cedar. Robert Service was a keen observer who never got his due while alive, IMHO.
He and Kipling have always been my favorite poets. I added Edgar Guest as an adult. I should probably branch out in my weekly poems, but between those three there is so much material!
Having chronicled so much hard living in his poetry about Yukon gold prospectors, he knew of which he spoke.
I grew up in Alaska, my Mom's side of the family has been homesteading up there since before it was a state. Service has always spoken to me deeply, his longing for the wilderness and the killing cold. But he was an astute man who knew what hardship looked and felt like.
Absolutely wonderful. I must restack this. Thank you so much!
That's a good one.
One of my favorites from the Bard of the Yukon.