"Animal Time" by Carol V. Davis : Poetry Foundation

                                      I do better in animal time,

a creeping dawn, slow ticking toward dusk.

So begins Carol V. Davis's poem "Animal Time' (2013), which you can read in its entirety by clicking here.

"Upon Julia's Clothes" by Robert Herrick : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem, which is one of my favorite poems and is a poem I think is worth memorizing: Upon Julia's Clothes by Robert Herrick : The Poetry Foundation

"Lucinda Matlock" by Edgar Lee Masters : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem from its author's Spoon River Anthology (1915): Lucinda Matlock by Edgar Lee Masters : The Poetry Foundation

Edgar Lee Masters was born on this day in 1869.

Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950)

American author

"Interview" by Dorothy Parker (born 8/22/1893) : The Poetry Foundation

Interview by Dorothy Parker : The Poetry Foundation

Simon and Garfunkel, "Old Friends/Bookends Theme": full version.

"Language Lesson 1976" by Heather McHugh : The Poetry Foundation

American poet Heather McHugh was born on this day in 1948. Read this poem of hers: Language Lesson 1976 by Heather McHugh : The Poetry Foundation