https://flecksofpoetry.com Slouching toward poetry Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://flecksofpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-cropped-dsc_0326.jpg?w=32 https://flecksofpoetry.com 32 32 3511091 https://flecksofpoetry.com/2026/01/08/robert-frost-a-brief-history-of-an-american-poet-and-bit-about-his-father/ https://flecksofpoetry.com/2026/01/08/robert-frost-a-brief-history-of-an-american-poet-and-bit-about-his-father/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000 http://flecksofpoetry.com/?p=1856 More]]> https://flecksofpoetry.com/2026/01/08/robert-frost-a-brief-history-of-an-american-poet-and-bit-about-his-father/feed/ 0 1856 leta1950 United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. William Prescott Frost, Jr. Father of poet, Robert Frost. 1872. Robert Frost: The Early Years 1874-1915 by Lawrance Thompson. Published by Holt, Rinehart and WInston. 1966. 2nd Illustration following page 262. Robert Frost. Unknown author Unknown author at the source., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Immediate source: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_frost_2_e.html. From the Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey ca. 1870 STREET LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS ANGEL ISLAND - Stockton Street, Historic View, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0728.photos.016080p Mauro Lanari, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No changes made to this photo. Photo by Craig Michaud.This is the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire.This is where he lived from 1900-1911.It was at this farm where he wrote many of his poems including West Running Brook, Tree at my Window, and Mending Wall. Autumn in Gloucestershire by artist Alfred East (1844-1913). Oil painting on canvas. Robert Frost, 1941. Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Robert Frost reading his poem "Mending Wall" at the dedication of the Newtonville Branch Library, 1939. Leland2018, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No changes made to image.