Elia W. PeattieBesprekingen

Elia Wilkinson Peattie selected these poems to introduce poetry to people don't read poems or who are lapsed readers. They are generally short and easy to understand, yet beautiful and written mostly by accomplished poets. Most of the poems are prefaced with some interesting biographical material about the authors. This gentle introduction was exactly what I needed. Peattie was a journalist and literary editor at the Chicago Tribune at a time when few women ascended to such important jobs. It was originally published in 1903, so modern poems are of course missing. It's free at Project Gutenberg.

Superb collection of coffee-break reading. Excellent.