Mastodawn

Reading Robert Frost poems as poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. #111Words #RobertFrost #PaulLaurenceDunbar #Poetry #TheRoadNotTaken #StoppingByWoodsOnASnowyEvening #ErroneousAttribution #Enslavement #Fugitives https://111-words.ghost.io/reading-robert-frost-poems-as-poems-by-paul-laurence-dunbar/

Reading Robert Frost poems as poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Yesterday, I interpreted the white American Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" (1915) as a poem about a fugitive from enslavement by the African-American Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). In a sense, when I read the poem that way, I find it even richer than it is when read as

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Ember [they/them]12h ago

It’s been awhile… without going into detail, things got hard and they’re still hard and I’m trying.

April is National #Poetry Month!
I’m challenging myself to be visible and vulnerable by going on camera to read and share a poem everyday.

Day 1: “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by #RobertFrost

What poem is first to come to your mind when someone asks “Which one is your favourite?”

Andrew Shields 1d ago

The road to freedom in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “The Road Not Taken”. #111Words #PaulLaurenceDunbar #TheRoadNotTaken #UndergroundRailroad #YellowBirch #Poetry #RobertFrost #Interpretation #JorgeLuisBorges #ErroneousAttribution #ToniMorrison #Jazz #AprilFool https://111-words.ghost.io/the-road-to-freedom-in-paul-laurence-dunbars-the-road-not-taken/

The road to freedom in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “The Road Not Taken"

"The Road Not Taken", by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), imagines a fugitive from enslavement deciding which road to take to freedom. The yellow birch forest he is passing through in autumn sheds its leaves on both possible routes and renders them indistinguishable from each other. The leaves may not have

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Wm.son 6d ago

#Poetry #March #RobertFrost

I'm late with the actual mid March date, but still:

donutage (Bill Cole)6d ago

Happy Birthday, Robert Frost (b. 3/26/1874)!

#UnofficialDiaryDates #RobertFrost

Alaska Headline Living Mar 26

The woods are lovely, dark and deep” 🌲… but the highways are icy and wide. See how Memaw rolls 💅🚙
💨❄️🦌
💻 👉 https://tinyurl.com/4wysh8m9
#ParksHighway #SewardHighway #SterlingHighway #GlennHighway #KnikGooseBayRd #MemawsCommute #Alaska #Traffic #Weather #Travel #RobertFrost

P. L. Klein Mar 26

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length." ~ #RobertFrost

Julie Howlin Mar 26

The inscription on Robert Frost's tombstone is “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world,” which is the last line of his poem The Lesson for Today. On his birthday, 10 facts about Robert Frost.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/26-march-robert-frost.html

#BirthAnniversary #RobertFrost #Poets #Writers