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Hamlet the God: Bloom’s Poem Unlimited | emmasrandomthoughts
I read Harold Bloom’s Hamlet: Poem Unlimited this weekend. I was a little disappointed. The problem with Harold Bloom’s book on Hamlet is that he is simply too enthralled with Hamlet’s character....
View ArticleLetters from a Hill Farm: Today’s poem by Henry David Thoreau
My books I’d fain cast off, I cannot read, ’Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at largeDown in the meadow, where is richer feed, And will not mind to hit their proper targe.Plutarch was good, and so...
View ArticleFavorite Insightful Poem “All World’s A Stage” by William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,...
View ArticleNot marble, nor the gilded monuments poem (Sonnet 55) by William Shakespeare...
The literature and poetry of William Shakespeare still live on and are greatly appreciated even after nearly 400 year years. On this thought, let us discuss the lines of one of his sonnets “Not...
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margaret-cooter: Poetry Thursday – a poem by Liu Jixu
It’s from a book called 300 Tang Poems, published in 1920 and available on the University of Virginia website. The Tang period (618-907) is considered the golden age of Chinese literature, and the...
View ArticleHere’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
“How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do…” The Swing, a classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, is one of many poems in...
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How To Write A Love Poem: Give Your Partner Chills
A great place to start when you want to begin writing love poetry is with a creative writing course. While courses like these don’t cover love poetry specifically, they can help you to better...
View ArticleThe Miss Rumphius Effect: Science Poetry Pairings – Assorted Science in Poem...
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, written by Bill Bryson and illustrated by Yuliya Somina and Martin Sanders, is an abridged and adapted version for kids of his bestseller, A Short History...
View ArticleEaster, 1916 by William Butler Yeats : Poem Guide : Learning Lab : The Poetry...
One of the most powerful political poems of the 20th century was written by a man who was ambivalent about politics. William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) began his career under the spell of the late...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: A Poem, A Painting, and the Passing of True Love | Arts...
I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while the feeling may remain… But let my love no longer trouble you, I do not wish to cause you any pain. I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew, The...
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