NOW WITH HYPERLINKS TO EVERY POEM!The definitive collection of poetry edited by Mary E. Burt with poems by William Blake, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, John Burroughs, Lord Byron, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Coleridge, William Cowper, Charles Dickens, George Elliot, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Longfellow, John Milton, Thomas Moore, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespear, Walt Whitman. Includes such classics from “Oh Captain, My Captain” and “The Charge of the Light Brigade” to bedtime poems such as “Wynken, Blinken and Nod.” Also included as a BONUS is The Christmas Budget Grinch (c). This is a delightful short poem about the Christmas spending habits of one family. A family probably not too different from your own!

(more…)

In this article I will offer some useful tips on your Christmas shopping for your husband.

One of the best ways to shop for your husband is to consider what his interests and hobbies are. For example, if he recently started golfing you may consider purchasing a golf bag, or gift certificate to help him purchase a set of golf clubs. Perhaps he likes to jog, why not consider items which would make his jog more enjoyable, like an armband MP3 player, speed and distance monitor which tracks his mileage and his pace throughout his workout.

You might normally consider purchasing a gift that you have already purchased a few years back. A repeat gift like a bottle of cologne, sweater, tie etc. are always appreciated, as long as it isn’t repeated on consecutive years. Many people think it is boring to give the same gift more than once but it is not always a bad idea because often an item of clothing may go out of style, or he may have already used up his bottle of cologne.

The above will help you select the present that your husband would appreciate, but if all else fails, why not just ask him what he would like for Christmas that fits into your predefined budget, your husband may yet surprise you with inventive ideas for his own Christmas present this year.