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Robert Frost: Seasons : Poems
From the publication of his first volume of poetry in 1913 to his participation in the presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy, Robert Frost and his poetry have epitomized the American affinity for plain speaking, nature, and the land. Now his poetry is accompanied by 65 breathtaking color photographs--grouped by season--that evoke this same tranquil beauty.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1992
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Robert Frost
1,044 books5,080 followersFlinty, moody, plainspoken and deep, Robert Frost was one of America's most popular 20th-century poets. Frost was farming in Derry, New Hampshire when, at the age of 38, he sold the farm, uprooted his family and moved to England, where he devoted himself to his poetry. His first two books of verse, A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), were immediate successes. In 1915 he returned to the United States and continued to write while living in New Hampshire and then Vermont. His pastoral images of apple trees and stone fences -- along with his solitary, man-of-few-words poetic voice -- helped define the modern image of rural New England. Frost's poems include "Mending Wall" ("Good fences make good neighbors"), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" ("Whose woods these are I think I know"), and perhaps his most famous work, "The Road Not Taken" ("Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- / I took the one less traveled by"). Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times: in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943. He also served as "Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress" from 1958-59; that position was renamed as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (or simply Poet Laureate) in 1986.
Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy... Frost attended both Dartmouth College and Harvard, but did not graduate from either school... Frost preferred traditional rhyme and meter in poetry; his famous dismissal of free verse was, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy... Frost attended both Dartmouth College and Harvard, but did not graduate from either school... Frost preferred traditional rhyme and meter in poetry; his famous dismissal of free verse was, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
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November 23, 2021
I saw this beautiful coffee table book at a used bookstore while on a vacation. I lingered long over it, put it back because it seemed too large to lug through the airport. In the end I went back for it, because it was just too beautiful to pass up.
As the title suggests, the poems are divided into seasonal chapters, with plenty of Christopher Burkett's gorgeous, full color photographs interspersed throughout. It's a synergistic combination that invites you to read slowly, to savor the words and the images.
Frost's well-known favorites are contained within, along with others new to me. My favorite was "Two Tramps in Mud Time," and the final few lines are worth meditating on:
". . .My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For Heaven and the future's sakes. "
As the title suggests, the poems are divided into seasonal chapters, with plenty of Christopher Burkett's gorgeous, full color photographs interspersed throughout. It's a synergistic combination that invites you to read slowly, to savor the words and the images.
Frost's well-known favorites are contained within, along with others new to me. My favorite was "Two Tramps in Mud Time," and the final few lines are worth meditating on:
". . .My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For Heaven and the future's sakes. "
November 26, 2011
I leave this book on my coffee table, it contains some of his best poems and it has beautiful photos!
March 24, 2017
Robert Frost can be flowing and thought-provoking. After hearing of him for decades, I am, however not blown away. Poetry is not for me. I ensured sampling the cream de la crème and did marvel at a few. They are pretty a little at a time but I seek my kind of poetry. A whole book feels repetitive in theme and style. I prefer composing poems. A professor said rhyming is old-fashioned. Though rarely into it, I grew abstract and free. Now that I have read the great Robert: I see that his style is rhyming! I do appreciate plain-speaking stories. Obscure poetry means nothing outside those who know the details, unless the phrases are stirring or intelligent.
Apart from the flatness most rhyming conveys to me, is the common result of labouring over rhymes and twisting normal sentence structure. An example of strained syntax is: "He now sees", when the way we speak is "Now he sees" or "He sees now". I say: "It's a no-go if, it doesn't just flow"! Some weave poetry without garbling syntax. "Robert Frost Seasons", 1992, divides into the four visual times of year. We read an ample selection of writings followed with majestic nature portraits.
Christopher Burkett gives no birthplace: Vernonia, Oregon. I marvel at his gorgeous subjects, almost always trees, which are dear to me. He crops a portion close-up; one streak of frost on rocks. For me, photography is seldom artsy but an important recording of scenes as fully as possible. I am not for trimming. What Christopher squared off is exquisite and I treasure beauty in a leaf or puddle. In Manitoba, with neither ocean nor mountain, I know every inch of landscape can be gorgeous. I love every bud of my plants and forest. I disliked the lighting experiments. They yielded a glare, or trunks so dark they were devoid of detail. I like full vistas, to look upon the widest perspectives. One winter forest scene is so extraordinarily beautiful and majestic, I feel it is a place inside a dream!
Apart from the flatness most rhyming conveys to me, is the common result of labouring over rhymes and twisting normal sentence structure. An example of strained syntax is: "He now sees", when the way we speak is "Now he sees" or "He sees now". I say: "It's a no-go if, it doesn't just flow"! Some weave poetry without garbling syntax. "Robert Frost Seasons", 1992, divides into the four visual times of year. We read an ample selection of writings followed with majestic nature portraits.
Christopher Burkett gives no birthplace: Vernonia, Oregon. I marvel at his gorgeous subjects, almost always trees, which are dear to me. He crops a portion close-up; one streak of frost on rocks. For me, photography is seldom artsy but an important recording of scenes as fully as possible. I am not for trimming. What Christopher squared off is exquisite and I treasure beauty in a leaf or puddle. In Manitoba, with neither ocean nor mountain, I know every inch of landscape can be gorgeous. I love every bud of my plants and forest. I disliked the lighting experiments. They yielded a glare, or trunks so dark they were devoid of detail. I like full vistas, to look upon the widest perspectives. One winter forest scene is so extraordinarily beautiful and majestic, I feel it is a place inside a dream!
July 30, 2025
Just three popular poems included, so new material for me. There may be a reason the others weren't popular.
October 14, 2008
A great collection of poems to read by the fire on a cold winter day. The poems are tranqil and soothing. The pictures are beautiful and compliment the poetry very well.
April 17, 2020
I would have liked this more if the lovely nature photographs had appeared on facing pages to the poems, or maybe were scaled down a bit and placed on the same pages as the poems. As it is, the poetry is on stark white pages and the photos are grouped all together at the end of each section. I think the book would have benefited greatly from a more balanced layout.
However, it IS a good selection of Frost's best-loved verses. I'll be savoring this throughout the seasons to come. ☺
However, it IS a good selection of Frost's best-loved verses. I'll be savoring this throughout the seasons to come. ☺
February 22, 2019
Robert Frost has written some of my all-time favorite poems, and one of them is in this book - Desert Places.
July 13, 2021
Wish there were more poems. Brief stops at each season with photos.
March 2, 2021
I loved a handful, and I liked the experience of reading them during the different seasons, but so many missed its mark for me.
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep..."
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep..."
May 15, 2008
robert frost was talking about his child hood and what he see every thing he saw outside snd that inspired him to write season poems.and evey thing he saw outside and would write it down and whenhe got older he use them in his poems.
February 7, 2013
Poetry is one reason I love being an English nerd. The photos in this book are beautiful and a few are even from Utah. I like Frost's poetry, but until I taught poetry, I didn't pay attention to how many lazy verbs he uses - and he uses a lot of them.
November 15, 2007
Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets.
March 15, 2008
Beautifully illustrated.
May 15, 2008
I didn't reallky like this book because i'm not to into poems i only like poems by Maya Angelou i dont know why but thats just who i like to read poems by
April 23, 2008
Robert frost is a good book. Ilike all the seasons poems.Summer poems was the best.
May 9, 2008
I like this book because he discrived his fillings & at the end of each poem tell what it is about & his pitures
May 2, 2008
This particular edition of Frost poems is perfectly illustrated by photographs that exactly match the kind of beauty evoked. I am willing to fight my husband for coffee table space for this one.
February 1, 2010
A beautiful book for anyone who honors the seasons and has a love of nature. Filled with poetry of Frost and stunning photos.... this book is a meditation!
February 25, 2012
Beautiful poetry and pictures
November 21, 2014
Oh how I had forgotten how beautiful Robert Frost's poetry is. I read this as part of my reading a poem-a-day commitment. I have enjoyed starting my day with poetry or an inspirational verse.
February 26, 2008
photography by Christopher Burkett
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December 11, 2014Excellent as always. I had fun!
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