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Dark Passage - A Moonlit Journey through Urban Decay By : Owen Johnston The ravens on the roof / Stand guard like gargoyles - / These grim feathered ghouls / Perch atop the once proud passages / That they now pretend to own, / And sing a sad a cappella / In mockery of memory. Poetry Critique - Critique The Poem - Not The Poet By : Rose DesRochers The act of writing poetry is something that is very personal to us poets, and sharing it for the first time can be a very frightening experience. The first experience of having your work criticized can boggle your mind and set you back a step in your writing. However, critique is essential in any writer’s career. Accepting criticism is something that we all must face, even if we don't like it. Uneven Exchanges By : A+Spirited Hunger unfulfilled, the dream of realness clothed in the lie Google Book Search Offers More By : Alison White Major universities such as Oxford University, Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan and the University of California, as well as the New York Public Library are working with Google on a project called Google on the Books Library. The aim of the project is to put books online in a searchable format. Shakespeare Sonnet 74 By : Sharon White William Shakespeare wrote “Sonnet 74” in 1609. Love and Death, as usual play the fundamental role in this masterpiece, as they have always been the two primaries in all times. These two vital issues will be discussed in this article. George Gordon Byron By : Gabriel George Gordon Byron was born in London on 22 January, 1788. Mother, soon after the birth of a son was abandoned by dissolute husband, and experienced the "shame of bitter poverty", indeed she was coming from the family of ancient Scottish kings and inherited the rich state, thoughtlessly spent by her husband. Poetry: An Exercise In Emotion And Vulnerability By : Scott Lindsay - “[Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature - a genuine observer - which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowed to witness.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Journal entry, September 1, 1842) Most of the greatest poets were not recognized for their work until they had long been laid to rest. Many suffered g... Promoting Your Poetry Book By : Rose DesRochers - At long last your book is finished. As a self-publisher poet it is up to you to market your anthology or chapbook. Self-publishing requires you to self-market successfully. Marketing your book can become a full time job and it isn’t going to happen overnight. So you might be asking yourself, “Where do I begin to market my book?” Website Create a website to showcase your book. Did you know that blogging is a great way to advertise your book? Google bots crawl blogs more ... William Shakespeare By : Gabriel William Shakespeare was an English poet, dramatist and actor, bynamed Bard of Avon. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time and is called the English national poet. Poetry Comes Naturally By : Kadence Buchanan - It's easier than you think. Just grab a piece of paper along with a working pen or a sharp pencil and begin writing your own genuine poem. While sitting on the couch or near the shore, regardless if you are alone or surrounded by strangers, poetry is one of those art forms you can explore any time. If you are keen to visit poetry readings and you are known for your love of poetry books, perhaps it is time to explore your own ability to express your feelings and inner thoughts... Ballet - The History Of A Divine Dance By : Nadya Petronas Ballet is a beautiful form of dance that has captivated audiences for many years. Typically performed in a theatre, ballet is a powerful art that combines beauty and grace to tell a story. Ballet dancers must work very hard for many years to become good enough to perform in a professional ballet company, but this doesn't stop many little girls from dreaming that they can become the next prima ballerina. Wedding Poetry By : Dorothy Miller - Poetry is the language of love. For centuries, poems have expressed intimate feelings and emotions, and have been used to record significant thoughts and events in an artistic form. Naturally, a wedding ceremony is the perfect forum for a heartfelt poetry reading. Wedding poetry is a lovely gift for the bride and groom when it is composed and be read by a close friend or a member of the family. If you would like to offer this personal gift but are not a poet at heart, you ... Poetry vs The Internet By : Chris Campbell Poetry to many is an art form that has survived the ages. To the internet, poetry is a cash cow. The Love Poetry of John Donne. By : Ian Mackean John Donne's Songs and Sonnets do not describe a single unchanging view of love; they express a wide variety of emotions and attitudes, as if Donne himself were trying to define his experience of love through his poetry. Love can be an experience of the body, the soul, or both; it can be a religious experience, or merely a sexual one, and it can give rise to emotions ranging from ecstasy to despair. Alexander Pope's portrayal of Belinda and her society in 'The Rape of the Lock' By : Ian Mackean In ‘The Rape of the Lock’ Alexander Pope (1688-1744) employs a mock-epic style to satirise the ‘beau-monde’ (fashionable world, society of the elite) of eighteenth century England. The richness of the poem, however, reveals more than a straightforward satirical attack. Alongside the criticism we can detect Pope’s fascination with, and perhaps admiration for, Belinda and the society in which she moves. Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene', The Bower of Bliss and the Garden of Adonis By : Ian Mackean In Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene', Books 11 and 111 The Bower of Bliss and the Garden of Adonis might look similar from a distance; their geographical form is certainly similar, and the tour on which Spenser takes us seems to follow the same kind of route. But their ostensible similarity, and their juxtaposition in two adjacent books of 'The Faerie Queene' only serve to highlight their differences. Religious Metaphysical Poetry. John Donne, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan By : Ian Mackean John Donne (1572-1631) established what has become known as the Metaphysical style of poetry which was taken up by later poets such as George Herbert (1593-1633) and Henry Vaughan (1622-95). Second Childhood By : Hobhouse Article dealing with nursery rhymes as poetry, discussing the variety to be found in these verses, with examples. Citing reasons why nursery rhymes should continue to flourish. Dylan Thomas. An introduction By : Stephen Colbourn Thomas's style of verse employs free association and musical concatenations. It sounds musical, but is this its sole effect – as word music where sense is secondary to euphonic syntax? Philip Larkin disapproved of Thomas's style because he felt the verse was too personalised and lacked communicative force T. S. Eliot. An introduction By : Stephen Colbourn Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) and Ezra Pound (1885-1872) were two Americans who lived in Europe and altered the manner and form of English poetry. Pound urged a conscious modernization of verse, and, in Eliot he believed he found a poet who had modernized himself already Georgian Poetry and James Elroy Flecker By : Stephen Colbourn James Elroy Flecker was almost exactly a contemporary of Rupert Brooke. Both died in 1915 – Brooke on a troopship bound for the Dardanelles and Flecker in a Swiss sanatorium. Both of them fantasised about death, Flecker more so because he was diagnosed with consumption in 1910. Seamus Heaney. A Brief Introduction By : Stephen Colbourn Seamus Heaney was the son of a farmer who worked 50 hectares of land and kept cattle. His mother was an Ulsterwoman who never stopped talking while his father rarely spoke. So, early in life, Seamus Heaney found himself stood between speech and silence. Ezra Pound. An introduction By : Stephen Colbourn Ezra Pound (1885-1972) is generally spoken of as an American writer, although he lived over half his life in Europe and declared a preference for older cultures that foster and appreciate the arts. Indeed, he found a congenial culture in Mussolini’s Italy where his association with the fascist regime led to eventual incarceration in a mental asylum. Ted Hughes. A Brief Introduction By : Stephen Colbourn Edward J. Hughes grew up in Yorkshire where the bleak moorland and its wildlife provided a backdrop to many of his poems. The War Poets: an introduction By : Stephen Colbourn The War Poets did not come to treat war in the grand and glorious manner of Brooke, who was ignorant of the matter beyond the Iliad, and their verses gained more attention during the course of the war - in several cases after their deaths. Love Poem By : Anna Williams A short love poem. One Winged Angels Meet the Light, Tiny Angels Sigh By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen One winged angels meet the light begging for forgiveness. Struggling toward the moonlit pathway charming snakes that block my fragile resolve. Oh Tiny Angels That Bleed and This Journey Called Life, My New Years Resolutions By : Kathy Ostman-Magnusen Plans for the future, I watch ocean tides, chances for revival, blossoms on a tree. I write my journey, keep track of all those notes. . I see tomorrow and me. The Healing Properties of Poetry By : Ian McIntosh1 A reflection upon the healing properties of grief poetry Rising Like The Phoenix By : Silvio Ibanez In the United States a major city has been named after the magical, mythical bird that was a part of legends of long ago. This city has kept alive the phoenix’s legend and a whole lot of popular books and movies have been made about this resurrecting bird. Even the phenomenally successful "Harry Potter" series includes the bird into characters and plots.
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