Louise Bogan was an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. She was appointed the poet laureate to the Library of Congress and was the first woman to hold this position. She also reviewed poetry for The New Yorker for thirty-eight years. Her poetry is described as “unique in its strict adherence to lyrical forms, while maintaining a high emotional pitch: she was preoccupied with exploring the perpetual disparity of heart and mind.” Now that I have your face by heart, I look Less at its features than its darkening frame Where quince and melon, yellow as young flame, Lie with quilled dahlias and the shpherd's crook. Beyond, a garden.…

Charles Causley was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster, and writer. He lived from 1917 until 2003. His poetry is described as having a “fundamental commitment to certain old-fashioned virtues of English poetry–simplicity, clarity, grace, and compassion.” He drew on folk songs, hymns, and ballads for inspiration and his poetry is frequently linked to the folklore of his native Cornwall. You can listen to Causley reading his own poem here. They are waiting for me somewhere beyond Eden Rock: My father, twenty-five, in the same suit Of Genuine Irish Tweed, his terrier Jack Still two years old and trembling at his feet. My mother, twenty-three, in a sprigged dress Drawn at the…