From The Flying Inn, a satirical romp in which Chesterton inveighs against the forces of dreary and oppressive modernity
Selected Works
The Poet
From The Ballad of the White Horse to Lepanto, Chesterton is counted among the greatest 20th century poets.
The unlikely and startling truth of the Incarnation
The Song of the Strange Ascetic
Chesterton can’t understand the heathen who isn’t even having any fun
Chesterton’s masterpiece, an amazing piece of history and poetry
The poem that got Chesterton fired from The Daily News.
Chesterton’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” is one of the greatest anti-war and anti-government poems of all time.
A Hymn: O God of Earth and Altar
A Chesterton poem you can sing in church
This is a poem that begs to be recited aloud
This is the best Palm Sunday poem we know
A great Christmas poem, which has inspired numerous song writers
Chesterton deals lightly with his own depression, helping us deal with ours