Walking with a Poet

Artist: Carl Ansloos – Mr Painter Title: ‘Walking with a Poet’ Collection: The Masquerade Collection. This painting was inspired by a poem by the celebrated American poet, Robert Frost (1874 -1963). Frost's acclaimed poem, ‘The Road Not Taken’, was inspired by walks with British poet and friend, Edward Thomas (1878 -1917). The Road Not Taken. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn th...View all