Sometimes things live up to their name. Take Robert Frost. The four-time-Pulitzer-winning poet is known for his wintry poem "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ...

When winter comes, the world holds its breath. Snow drapes the earth in silence, and light softens like a secret kept close.

J.M. Allen’s traditionally published book “Real Rhyming Poems” is available at the Rochester Public Library and some area schools and coffee shops. The Post Bulletin publishes poetry by local and area ...