Yes, we all know that November is a dreich month. But ’twas ever so, if Thomas Hood is to be believed! Londoner Hood (1799-1845) was an editor of literary magazines, a poet, and a friend of ...

It’s curious that Thomas Hood (1799–1845) should commonly be listed as a comic poet — one of the great comics of English poetry. And yet, at the same time, his most commonly anthologized poems are ...

‘No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November’. Thomas Hood might have added to a 2008 version of his poem... no money. Linda Fort looks at hearty and very tasty meals using cheaper ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...