a touching one from bernard durward’s 1882 collection poems, on the matter of his very young daughter who died in the 1850s:
durward poems #6: “i’ll weep no more”
durward's glen
durward poems: a tear (audio)
“a tear” from 19th-century milwaukee poet bernard durward. read from his 1882 collection, poems.
durward poems, #2: noontide
today’s poem is set presumably at durward’s glen in caledonia township, columbia cty, wisconsin. from his 1882 self-printed book, poems: vol 1.
a macabre ending, and i assume “cicala” is supposed to be “cicada.” summer in the glen.
Jacob Riyeff 