Selected Poems : Mint Editions : 9781513269559 : 1513269550 : 25 Feb 2021 : Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. ?Mowing? envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. ?There was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered?? The speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and simple music. In ?After Apple-Picking,? as fall gives over to winter, the