# Poetry — Chapters explained > Chapter companions for Poetry by Edward Thomas. - [The Trumpet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-trumpet.md): A dawn call to rise and awaken, urging listeners to forget earthly concerns and embrace the newborn beauty of the morning, as the trumpet's sound chases away dreams and scatters the dew left by lovers. - [The Sign-Post](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-sign-post.md): At a hilltop sign-post, the speaker reads the sign and hears two voices—one recalling the certainty of youth, the other mocking regret. They debate the passage of time and the inevitability of death, concluding that any - [Tears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/tears.md): The speaker reflects on a profound emotional numbness, recalling two vivid memories: a hunt in Blooming Meadow and a serene April morning in a Tower courtyard where soldiers and music revealed forgotten truths. - [Two Pewits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/two-pewits.md): Under the after-sunset sky, two pewits sport and cry, their contrasting white and black forms moving between earth and sky, while the moon rides silently and the earth rests. The speaker, a ghostly observer, wonders at t - [The Manor Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-manor-farm.md): The speaker describes a winter landscape that begins to thaw, but the earth remains dormant. Upon arriving at the old Manor Farm, they find a scene of timeless stillness: the church, yew-tree, and farmhouse all sleep in > 133 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=poetry_5_se_504kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest. - [The Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-owl.md) - [Swedes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/swedes.md) - [Will You Come?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/will-you-come.md) - [As the Team’s Head-Brass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/as-the-team-s-head-brass.md) - [Thaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/thaw.md) - [Interval](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/interval.md) - [Like the Touch of Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/like-the-touch-of-rain.md) - [The Path](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-path.md) - [The Combe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-combe.md) - [If I Should Ever by Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/if-i-should-ever-by-chance.md) - [What Shall I Give?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/what-shall-i-give.md) - [If I Were to Own](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/if-i-were-to-own.md) - [And You, Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/and-you-helen.md) - [When First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/when-first.md) - [Head and Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/head-and-bottle.md) - [After You Speak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/after-you-speak.md) - [Sowing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/sowing.md) - [When We Two Walked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/when-we-two-walked.md) - [In Memoriam (Easter, 1915)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/in-memoriam-easter-1915.md) - [Fifty Faggots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/fifty-faggots.md) - [Women He Liked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/women-he-liked.md) - [Early One Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/early-one-morning.md) - [The Cherry Trees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-cherry-trees.md) - [It Rains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/it-rains.md) - [The Huckster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-huckster.md) - [A Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-gentleman.md) - [The Bridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-bridge.md) - [Lob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/lob.md) - [Bright Clouds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/bright-clouds.md) - [The Clouds That Are So Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-clouds-that-are-so-light.md) - [Some Eyes Condemn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/some-eyes-condemn.md) - [May 23](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/may-23.md) - [The Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-glory.md) - [Melancholy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/melancholy.md) - [Adlestrop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/adlestrop.md) - [The Green Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-green-roads.md) - [The Mill-Pond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-mill-pond.md) - [It Was Upon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/it-was-upon.md) - [Tall Nettles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/tall-nettles.md) - [Haymaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/haymaking.md) - [How at Once](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/how-at-once.md) - [Gone, Gone Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/gone-gone-again.md) - [The Sun Used to Shine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-sun-used-to-shine.md) - [October](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/october.md) - [The Long Small Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-long-small-room.md) - [Liberty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/liberty.md) - [November](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/november.md) - [The Sheiling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-sheiling.md) - [The Gallows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-gallows.md) - [Birds' Nests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/birds-nests.md) - [Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/rain.md) - [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/home.md) - [There's Nothing Like the Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/there-s-nothing-like-the-sun.md) - [When He Should Laugh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/when-he-should-laugh.md) - [An Old Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/an-old-song.md) - [The Penny Whistle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-penny-whistle.md) - [Lights Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/lights-out.md) - [Cock-Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/cock-crow.md) - [Words](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/words.md) - [Words](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/words.md) - [I Never Saw That Land Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/i-never-saw-that-land-before.md) - [The Dark Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-dark-forest.md) - [Celandine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/celandine.md) - [The Ash Grove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-ash-grove.md) - [Old Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/old-man.md) - [The Thrush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-thrush.md) - [I Built Myself a House of Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/i-built-myself-a-house-of-glass.md) - [February Afternoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/february-afternoon.md) - [Digging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/digging.md) - [Two Houses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/two-houses.md) - [The Mill-Water](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-mill-water.md) - [A Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-dream.md) - [Sedge-Warblers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/sedge-warblers.md) - [Under the Woods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/under-the-woods.md) - [What Will They Do?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/what-will-they-do.md) - [To-Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/to-night.md) - [A Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-cat.md) - [The Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-unknown.md) - [Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/song.md) - [She Dotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/she-dotes.md) - [For These](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/for-these.md) - [March the Third](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/march-the-third.md) - [The New House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-new-house.md) - [March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/march.md) - [The Cuckoo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-cuckoo.md) - [Over the Hills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/over-the-hills.md) - [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/home.md) - [The Hollow Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-hollow-wood.md) - [Wind and Mist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/wind-and-mist.md) - [The Unknown Bird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-unknown-bird.md) - [The Lofty Sky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-lofty-sky.md) - [After Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/after-rain.md) - [Digging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/digging.md) - [But These Things Also](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/but-these-things-also.md) - [April](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/april.md) - [The Barn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-barn.md) - [The Barn and the Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-barn-and-the-down.md) - [The Child on the Cliffs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-child-on-the-cliffs.md) - [Good Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/good-night.md) - [The Wasp Trap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-wasp-trap.md) - [July](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/july.md) - [A Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-tale.md) - [Parting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/parting.md) - [Lovers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/lovers.md) - [That Girl's Clear Eyes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/that-girl-s-clear-eyes.md) - [The Child in the Orchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-child-in-the-orchard.md) - [The Source](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-source.md) - [The Mountain Chapel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-mountain-chapel.md) - [First Known When Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/first-known-when-lost.md) - [The Word](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-word.md) - [These Things That Poets Said](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/these-things-that-poets-said.md) - [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/home.md) - [Aspens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/aspens.md) - [An Old Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/an-old-song.md) - [There Was a Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/there-was-a-time.md) - [Ambition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/ambition.md) - [No One Cares Less Than I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/no-one-cares-less-than-i.md) - [Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/roads.md) - [This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/this-is-no-case-of-petty-right-or-wrong.md) - [The Chalk-Pit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-chalk-pit.md) - [Health](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/health.md) - [Beauty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/beauty.md) - [Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/snow.md) - [The New Year](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-new-year.md) - [The Brook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-brook.md) - [The Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-other.md) - [House and Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/house-and-man.md) - [The Gypsy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-gypsy.md) - [Man and Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/man-and-dog.md) - [A Private](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/a-private.md) - [Out in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/out-in-the-dark.md) - [The Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-lane.md) - [The Watchers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-watchers.md) HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters