Tag: literature

• the four green fields blog5: a poet’s grave

  [A roadside flower, ready to spread it’s seed. Co Sligo, Ireland. Photo is mine.] When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; ~~from When You are…

  patrickjegan

  August 22, 2025

  daughter, death, Family, Grandson, Holding onto the Past, Ireland, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, parents, Real Personal History, son, Travel Writing, Travels

  #drumcliffchurchyardyatesgrave, #irishpoetry, #literarygiftsfrommyfather, #myfather’seulogy, literature, poem, poems, poetry, wbyeats, writing

• The Count and I

  So, I made a big deal on Facebook about the fact that I was undertaking the reading of The Count of Monte Cristo.  The reason for that was that my edition was 1,462 pages long.  The older I get, the more I think there better be something worth the investment of my precious time.  My…

  patrickjegan

  April 14, 2017

  Blogging, Creativity, Real Personal History, Uncategorized

  classic books, Count of Monte Cristo, French literature, literature, reading