So long lives this ... have your loved one on the edge of her seat. A love poem worthy of the best romantic movies, it uses nature similes (“lost as a snowflake in the sea”) and metaphors ...
Poetry doesn’t just reflect life—it makes life an object ... married a man whom she did not love and lost her best friend to suicide. A few years later, she took her own life. Her work, however, is ...
October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...
It consists of twelve stories or essays, and each one weaves a narrative around some item that has been lost to the world: the extinct Caspian tiger, an island that has sunk into the sea, a demolished ...
Thoughts of Sterling uses vivid, thought-provoking language and words as pictures to navigate contrasts that define the human spirit—hope and despair, love and heartbreak, the beauty of a relationship ...
The long poem emerged, between 1660 and 1850, as a medium in which poets could shape and reshape time. Analysing Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Thomson's 'The Seasons' and Wordsworth's 'The Prelude', this ...
Not long ago ... Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry has lost the confidence that it ...
Darius Atefat-Peckham '23 speaks about his journey as a poet and a person with grace, gratitude, and love, exemplifying the ...
To be unable to read a whole book by the time you get to university is a terrible indictment of current parenting, ...
“Poetry offers individuals and communities the freedom to express their innermost thoughts, bypassing logic and inviting us ...
“Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty,” is getting a lot of press. Since the book’s release on Sept. 17, she’s been on “The View” and “Morning Joe” to talk about its ...