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The Greatest Love Poem of the 20th Century: “i carry your heart”

posted on November 28, 2016

E.E. Cummings is not afraid to break conventional grammar in verse. From the formatting, to the words themselves, the speaker here removes his ego and demonstrates the humbleness and submissiveness of …

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Alfred Noyes’ Poem Reminds Us What Family Is For– to Laugh At!

posted on November 27, 2016

Bored. Listless. A general sense of been there, done that. When every fiber of you wants to escape the dreadful slowness of this day. And when there seems like there is nothing beyond this …

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George Starbuck’s Relaxed Revision of a Classic Gerard Hopkin’s Poem

posted on November 26, 2016

Gerard Manley Hopkin's classic poem "Spring and Fall" talks about a young girl named Margaret. She seems upset by the departure of green leaves and the death and decay fall represents. The speaker …

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: The Original Poem You Never Heard

posted on November 25, 2016

If you're a big poetry fan, you might be familiar with the iconic caged bird poem by Maya Angelou.  However, you may be surprised to learn it is a derivative work of Paul Dunbar's "Sympathy". His …

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An Ode to a Modern Thanksgiving- Friends, Family and Food!

posted on November 24, 2016

The old fable goes: With thanks to the Wampanoags for lessons in growing crops, in autumn of 1621, the Pilgrims celebrated a successful harvest. Some tell a different story of a Wampanoag traditional …

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Texas Church Shooting: Tell Me Things Will Get Better

posted on January 19, 2015

The first light of hope you give to everyone involved in tragedy is the very phrase "Things will get better."  It is the go to move of basic human decency. But what hope have we offered those of mass …

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