by A. L. FrinkGeorge Herbert
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a beam of light.
Onward it crept with added strength,
With never a thought of fear or pride,
It followed the light through the crevice's length,
And unfolded itself on the other side.
The light, the dew, the broadening view
Were found the same as they were before;
And it lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing its fragrance more and more.
Shall claim of death cause us to grieve,
And make our courage faint or fail?
Nay! Let us faith and hope receive:
The rose still grows beyond the wall.
Scattering fragrance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will for evermore.
by A. L. Frink
Winter, 1998
"The Runaway" by Robert Frost
Fall, 1998
"Hope" by Emily Dickinson
Summer, 1998
"A Patch of Roses" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
Spring, 1998
"Song of the River" by William Randolph Hearst
January, 1998
"Birches" by Robert Frost
November and December, 1997
"One Last Rose" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
October, 1997
"Far From the Madding Crowd" by Nixon Waterman
September, 1997
"Kiss From a Rose" by Seal, from the Album: "Seal"
August, 1997
"Summer Rose Saga" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
July, 1997
"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
June, 1997
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
May, 1997
"The Path That Leads to Nowhere" by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
April, 1997
"The Firefly" by Jane Stuart
March, 1997
"Plant a Tree" by Lucy Larcom
February, 1997
"The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth
January, 1997
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
December, 1996
"Wintering Rosarians" by Gail Lemnah Barnett
November, 1996
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" by Thomas Moore
October, 1996
"Autumn Chant" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
September, 1996
"The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop
August, 1996
"Departmental" by Robert Frost
July, 1996
"City Flies" by Alan Van Dine
June, 1996
"My Neighbor's Roses" by A.L. Gruber