West-Running Brook

First edition

West Running Brook is a book of poetry by Robert Frost, written in1923 and published by Henry Holt and Co. in 1928, and containing woodcuts by J. J. Lankes.On account of this volume Robert Frost is called "Home Spun Philosopher".The title of this volume is very significant. In New England only one small river flows to west while all the other rivers flow to east. In the same way; the poet trusts himself to go by contraries.

Contents

• "Spring Pools"
• "The Freedom of the Moon"
• "The Rose Family"
• "Fireflies in the Garden"
• "Atmosphere"
• "Devotion"
• "On Going Unnoticed"
• "The Cocoon"
• "A Passing Glimpse"
• "A Peck of Gold"
• "Acceptance"
• "Once by the Pacific"
• "Lodged"
• "A Minor Bird"
• "Bereft"
• "Tree at My Window"
• "The Peaceful Shepherd"
• "The Thatch"
• "A Winter Eden"
• "The Flood"
• "Acquainted with the Night"
• "The Lovely Shall Be Choosers"
• "West-Running Brook"
• "Sand Dunes"
• "Canis Major"
• "A Soldier"
• "Immigrants"
• "Hannibal"
• "The Flower Boat"
• "The Times Table"
• "The Investment"
• "The Last Mowing"
• "The Birthplace"
• "The Door in the Dark"
• "Dust in the Eyes"
• "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight"
• "The Armful"
• "What Fifty Said"
• "Riders"
• "On Looking Up by Chance at the Constellations"
• "The Bear"
• "The Egg and the Machine"

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See also

• 1928 in poetry

References

External links

• West-Running Brook at Faded Page (Canada)