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Poem of the Week: When forty winters shall besiege thy brow (Sonnet 2) by William Shakespeare

Welcome to Poem of the Week, an annual feature on this blog that celebrates National Poetry Month. Every Sunday, in the month of April, start the week off with an uplifting poem and discovery why poetry still matters.

Poem of the Week: Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare

  A Woman’s Face With Nature’s Own Hand Painted   by William Shakespeare A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change as is false women’s fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding theContinue reading “Poem of the Week: Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare”