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Literature RSS FeedsClassical documents for Christian research - This web page features a series of links to English translations of ancient texts (originating from Greece, Rome, and Egypt) which may be of use to those undertaking research into parallels between Biblical texts and stories featured in classical literature. As the full text of many of the works is included, these may also be of interest to anyone seeking online translations of the featured authors. Works which appear here are: Aristophanes' 'Peace', 'Clouds' and 'Ecclesiazusae'; Euripides' 'Bacchae'; Hesiod's 'Theogony' and 'Works and Days'; the Homeric Hymns; selected works of Plato; Herodotus' Histories; and extracts from Catullus, Pausanias, Aristotle and Athenaeus, as well as a number of Egyptian texts. Several of the texts are accompanied by explanatory notes which draw parallels with Biblical material. (Emma Bridges)...Feed Source: www.humbul.ac.uk Portals : a journal in comparative literature - Portals is a scholarly, peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to comparative literature and published by San Francisco State University's Comparative Literature Student Association and the Department of Comparative and World Literature. Volumes are published annually, the first being made available in 2003. All articles are freely available in electronic format and cover a wide range of themes such as: international detective fiction; polyphony in Francophone literature; and the function of the 'flâneur' in novels by Christa Wolf and Paul Auster. New translations of poetry - Japanese, Chinese and Italian poetry in particular - are also published here, together with commentary and analysis. Full submission details are provided, as is a useful list of links to related online resources. At the time of cataloguing, this was clearly a young journal but one that shows promise as an online discussion forum for comparative literature scholars and students. (Shoshannah Holdom)... World mythology - Designed to accompany a course on world mythology run by Michael Webster of Grand Valley State University, Michigan, this detailed online resource offers an insight into the mythology found in archaic Greek poetry, Biblical texts and Norse and Babylonian sources. As well as providing information for students of Classics or Theology the site will also be of use to anyone interested in comparative mythology. Classical texts covered are the early Greek hexameter poems of Hesiod ('Theogony' and 'Works and Days'), the Homeric Hymns and the 'Odyssey' of Homer. The Biblical section covers stories from the Book of Genesis, and there are sections on the gods of Norse, Babylonian and Sumerian myth, as well as on the epic of Gilgamesh and Egyptian myth. The course material includes: notes and commentary on the relevant texts, with explanations of key terms and names; suggested questions for essays or discussion; extracts from the primary sources; and bibliographies. Each page is cross-referenced ... BIS der Universität Oldenburg: Retrodigitalisierungsprojekt - This Web resource makes available over 350 digitised historic children books from the University Library of Oldenburg, Germany. Most of the books date from the nineteenth century and have colour illustrations. Users can search for books by author, title, or theme, or browse indices. It is possible to print or save the images. This site also includes links to online journals and magazines covering a range of humanities' subjects; many of these are freely available, whilst others have restricted access. This resource would be of value to scholars of children's literature, in particular in relation to Germany, and also those interested in book illustrations. (Christina Siggers Manson)... ItalianAmericanwriters.com : contemporary Italian American writing - The ItalianAmericanWriters.com Web site focuses on contemporary Italian American writing, providing information on American writers of Italian ancestry. Luigi Fontanella and Robert Viscusi are some of the well-known scholars and writers who collaborate with the project. The site features a table of contents with authors' names and titles of their most important works, with some extracts available to read here. The site also offers information on The Bordighera Poetry Prize, an annual competition which aims to find the best manuscripts of poetry in English by American Italian writers; the works are then translated into Italian. Links to other relevant sites are also provided, such as Italian American associations, institutes, publishing companies, as well as university departments offering courses on this topic. The site would be of interest to those studying expatriate writing. (Giorgia Alu)... Italian women writers in translation - Italian Women Writers in Translation is a Web project undertaken by members of the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS), designed to promote and encourage studies and research on Italian women's writing. The site features a list of texts by women which have been translated into Italian. Compiled by a group of scholars from American, Italian and Australian universities, the list aims to document the presence of Italian women writing outside Italian borders, in Anglophone countries. The site features five main pages offering information (author, title, translator and publication details) on: anthologies of texts on women's writings; works written from the Middle Age to the beginning of the nineteenth century; nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century texts; and late twentieth-century and contemporary works. Links to online resources on Italian women's associations, institutions and relevant initiatives are also provided. As claimed on the Web site, the list can be consulte... Voci dal silenzio : cultura e letteratura della migrazione - "Voci dal silenzio: cultura e letteratura della migrazione" is a website run by a group of people collaborating with CIES-Centro Informazione e Educazione allo Sviluppo, in Ferrara. CIES is an Italian association working for the full integration of immigrants in Italian society. This site aims to give voice to immigrants in Italy through writing and literature. In particular, its main interest lies in two sections entitled "letteratura della migrazione" and "letteratura sull'immigrazione" respectively. The former offers a bibliography of works by immigrant writers in Italy; the latter includes a bibliography of texts (mostly by Italian writers and intellectuals) about migration in - as well as from - Italy. The Italian authors writing on migration who are mentioned on the site are: Sandro Veronesi; Carmine Abate; Santino Spinelli; Armando Gnisci; Massimiliano Melilli; Andrea Camilleri; Melania Mazzucco; and many others. Moreover, the site provides updated information on conferences and... Sinestesie : rivista di studi sulle letterature e le arti europee - Sinestesie is a semestral journal founded by Carlo Santoli in 2001. It aims to spread and encourage comparative studies on the interferences, contaminations and connections between the various forms of literature and music, theatre, cinema and other visual arts. It publishes essays and articles on European - and in particular Italian - literature and arts from their origins up to the twentieth century. This site offers the online version of the journal. On the site, among the Italian authors whose activity was characterised by diverse artistic interests (such as poetry, music, painting, cinema and photography) users will find: Manzoni; De Roberto; D'Annunzio; Pirandello; Ungaretti; Caproni; Montale; Sinisgalli; Levi; and Gatto. Users can submit articles, essays, reviews and contribute with various information. The site also publishes monthly poems, bibliographic information, news on music and multimedia. Users can also take part in a forum for discussion and find links to other relevan... Literary translation - This is the Web site for literary translation, created and maintained by the British Council Literature Department in conjunction with the British Centre for Literary Translation. The site is aimed primarily at literary translators and language educators involved in reader development. The Web site provides details of literary activities in the UK and overseas, publications and resources and forthcoming literature projects, as advertised in the "latest news" section. This section features items concerning: literary translation events; courses in the UK and abroad; and information on financial support for translators.
The bulk of the site is divided into three main sections: workshops; resources; and discussions. For workshops, users will find pages containing extracts from texts written by experts in the field, ranging from the subtitling and dubbing of contemporary film vernacular to the translation of classical poetry. The resources section features links to: organisations; journals... Manifatturae : bottega di poesia e teatro - Manifatturae is an online magazine devoted to contemporary Italian and international drama, poetry and criticism. It collaborates with various Italian cultural festivals, publishing companies, as well as cultural weekly magazines such as "Il Domenicale" and "Corriere dell'Arte". The site provides up-to-date information on events, seminars and publications related to Italian drama and poetry in particular. Details about recently published works can be found - also in PDF format - in the sections "Il molosso" (the Molossian) and "Pubblicazione per il teatro e la drammaturgia contemporanea" (Publications for the theatre and contemporary drama). The section "Materiali online" provides access to essays, articles and comments on Italian and international drama and poetry. Users can also access "Matità" an online quarterly journal - published since 2003- on contemporary Italian theatre and poetry. The site is well maintained, constantly updated and contains a wide range of visual and written ... Semicerchio : rivista di poesia comparata - This is the Web site for Semicerchio, the first Italian journal of comparative poetry. It was founded by a group of writers and scholars in Florence in 1985. Semicerchio focuses on Italian and foreign poetry from the antiquity to the present. It publishes essays and articles on new poems from Italy and on other European and non-European texts. Particular attention is paid to intercultural relationships, thematic criticism and migrant literature. It also covers anthropological issues. The site offers the indexes of all the issues, access to a few articles, and online book reviews. The site also offers information on the public events organised by Semicerchio in Italy, such as the Workshop of Poetic Writing, a school of creative writing that takes place annually in Florence. Past events organised by Semicerchio have included: a three-day conference on translations of Montale's poetry in 1996; seminars on Interculturality of European Poetry in 1998-99; a festival of Medieval Poetry in 200... Basili-banca dati scrittori immigrati in lingua italiana - This is the first online database of Italophone immigrant writers who write and publish their works in Italy. It was created in 1996 by Prof. Armando Gnisci and is constantly updated. It collects bibliographic data on texts by immigrant writers produced since the 1990s in Italy. The database mainly contains works by writers who have arrived in Italy as part of the recent mass migration. The database has also started cataloguing works by foreign writers who have voluntarily moved to Italy to write and publish in Italian since the second half of the twentieth century. Users can carry out free research on: writers and their works; critics and their works; dissertations. From the same Web page users can also access Kuma, an online journal containing: unpublished texts by immigrant writers; essays; bibliographies; and information on migrant literature, art, and culture. Basili and its journal are particularly important for postgraduate students and scholars in Italian Studies considering th... El Ghibli, rivista on line di letteratura della migrazione - This is the Web site for El Ghibli, the first Italian journal of migrant literature (ISSN 1824-663X), with an editorial staff formed by migrant writers. The journal was created in 2003 and is now freely available online. This journal offers short stories and poems by migrant writers living in Italy who write both in Italian and their native language. The journal also makes available original works by international migrant writers. The editors of the site intend to offer translations of some of the content into English, French, Spanish and Arabic. The journal also contains reviews and information on migrant literature, art and culture around the world. It would be of use particularly for postgraduates and scholars interested in multiculturalism and migrant writings in Italy. (Giorgia Alu)... Archives littéraires suisses (ALS) - Archives littéraires suisses (ALS) were created in 1989 as part of the Bibliothèque nationale suisse in Berne. The collections concentrate on 20th century literary manuscripts from the four linguistic regions of Switzerland, and consist of over 100 large collections and 120 incomplete collections of interest in particular to those studying literature and journalism. In addition to information about the ALS, its history, acquisition policy, staff and services, the website also gives access to collection level descriptions of the main holdings, and in some cases to more detailed inventories of the collections' content. There is also a list of the ALS' own publications and details about projects under development. Of particular interest to researchers is the Répertoire sommaire des fonds manuscrits conservés dans les bibliothèques et archives de Suisse, a searchable online index to personal and family archives held in over 260 archives, libraries, museums and private collections in Switze... Post-scriptum.org : revue de recherche interdisciplinaire en textes et médias - Post-Scriptum.ORG (ISSN 1705-5423) is a peer-reviewed scholarly electronic journal which aims to be an international forum for scholarly and interdiscipinary research within the broad field of comparative literature. Founded and edited by doctoral students from the University of Montreal's Department of Comparative Literature, and assisted by an advisory board of established scholars, the journal publishes articles in either English or French in such areas as cultural studies, international literature, film studies, and critical theory, with attention paid to the relationships between these fields.
At the time of cataloguing, four issues - each focusing on a particular theme - were available online. The themes include: European cinema; anachronism and untimeliness; translation; and 'clichés and prejudices'. Users will find articles on, for example, a comparative analysis of theatrical adaptations of Irvine Welsh's 'Trainspotting', looking at translations of the text into Belgian and... Freedom At Last - Many years have been passed since we gained independence. It was not solitary case or mere simple incidence. It had come to end after centuries of subjugation. And achieved after prolonged struggle for status elevation. It is dream come true from slave country to a sovereign state. Finally sealing billions of people's aspirations and fate. Bringing joy and cheers for whole of county and to breathe free air. With complete resolve to take on millions with care. Soon country may have a sigh of relief from foreign rule. The feeling was running high with addition of rumors and ... Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead (Hearing Joyful Responses In a Land of Little People) - The sound of happiness is hard to describe but I know that you would hear it if you could. So the latest round of events probably didn't take you by surprise. Actually, I have heard that the whole world is just waiting for the reaction. And in this particular case there was no cause for consternation. There was no curveball to the plate.... Using Alliteration in Poems - An Effective Technique - Alliteration gives poems more rhythm. In the classic nursery rhyme, "Peter Piper," alliteration is used in a fast pace manner to see if anyone can say the whole thing right.... The Year Twenty-Eleven - A reflection of the year twenty eleven form the lens of an interested observer. It was a year filled with lots of highs and Lows. I captured some of the highlights in the Poem.... Recovering From the Violent Effects of A Devastating Tropical Storm - It may sound preposterous but we all know that you can do it if you try. Immersing yourself in the painful realities of a baneful existence may only accentuate the obvious. Isn't it far better to divorce yourself from the inescapable facts? But my words always seem to fail me whenever I tread upon an untrodden path. So keep in mind that the quandary that you may find yourself in, is not a Gordian Knot. Nor is it a simple case of misguided oriental metaphysics. So remove ... Metaphor and Simile in Poems - What's the Difference? - The difference between a metaphor and a simile is that a metaphor says that something is something. Such as: "The scent of this rose is heaven." A simile says that something is like something. Such as: "Rejection is like hitting rock bottom."... 5 Leonard Cohen Poems You Ought To Read Before You Die - Leonard Cohen poems are an under-appreciated treasure that the great poet, singer, songwriter, and novelist has left us. People nowadays are often unaware that Cohen was a poet and novelist before he made the switch over to music. I'd like to help you to enjoy some great poetry by recommending 5 of my favourites.... Slipping to the Bottom of the Sea - Jumping from the decrepit wooden clapboards of an old rickety wharf may not be the way most people would choose to dive. But here I am with my toes extending forward, with my weight leaning backward, and the gravity of my tall black measurement evenly distributed upon the balls of my own two feet. But who knows? A dark plunge ... Poetry Writing in the Twenty-First Century - Writing poetry used to be a combination of cut-and-dried rules and flight of fancy. In today's world, however, many of the rules are ignored, or at least less important than they once were. More topics are possible, as are more approaches, readers, and poets.... Three Love Poems - Read these three love poems, which describe different states of love. The first one is titled "On Love I Won't be Quitting", the second is titled "For you I cared," and the third love poem is titled "Smitten."... How to Write a Narrative Poem - Writing narrative poetry is exciting. A good way to begin is by choosing qualities associated with short stories and novels. Plot, character, setting and description are four key story writing techniques.... Days Come And Go - Days come and go by as year pass. We excel with time and show the class. Life is somewhere struck in between reality.... Deja-Vu: A Poem - Life sometimes plays tricks on you. Sometimes you might find yourself somewhere you feel you've been before, though you're certain you haven't been. Sometimes you might meet someone you feel like you've known your whole life. Sometimes the experience can be quite unsettling, filling you with a sense of strangeness, with an eeriness that makes the hair stand up on your neck. That is what you call Deja-Vu.... Inspirational Poems for a Special Occasion - Poems tend to be a unique writing art form that has long been considered to be romantic and unique. Few people have the skills needed to write elegant poems and many people don't have the time to study poems. Yet poems have quickly become the go to source for special occasions that can greatly effect those listening to or reading the poem.... Christmas Poems - Three Christmas poems about celebrating Christmas and the birth of Jesus. It's an event celebrated by people from all faiths and religions around the globe, because he has truly touched the hearts of billions of people throughout the ages.... A Good Argument for Soda Pop - Effervescence is the word. And whether it comes from a bottle, glass or can, the perfect blend of sugar, syrup, water and carbonation is likely to do the trick. So don't be discouraged by efforts to hide the taste or spurious attempts to spike the juice. Efforts to remain true to the recipe will elicit their own respective advantageous rewards. So isn't it time that you came back to the source?... The Broken Man - Be careful where the road leads.... Short Poem - Why I Am Here! - This short poem is a very personal one to me. I wrote it during a time when I was feeling like all what people around me cared for was how I looked, and the amount of success I was having, while completely ignoring that there's a Soul living in my body, forgetting that I'm a person with feelings.... Life Poem - I Will Be Alright - This poem speaks of the adversities that life throws at us, whether it's in our love relationships, friendships, with our family members or even people we just met. But when we turn within, and communicate with our divinity, we realize that everything is alright.... Love Poem - Love Defies - This poem on love is a romantic story about two persons who had a crush on each other but had not admitted their feelings for one another. Once they had the chance to express themselves, they both realized that they've been holding back their emotions and stopping themselves from experiencing a love relationship that has huge potential for them turn into a deeper state of love.... A Love Poem - This love poem is a tribute to all the women in the world who are true princesses without acquiring the title. They are kind and loving, compassionate and understanding, and wise beyond their years. They have the Souls of guardian angels and the hearts of the Goddesses.... An Ultimate Guide to the Best Poems for Funerals - Are you a person struggling to write heart-felt eulogies? The internet comes to your aid with several best poems for funerals. Honor your beloved with a good and poetic eulogy using the free online help available in abundance.... Touching Poems for Funerals - Writing a eulogy while mourning the death of one's beloved is a near impossible task for many people. The internet provides easy help for such situations too. Take a look at some of the important mistakes you should avoid while selecting poems for funerals online.... Poem About Love - We humans are funny. For some reason, we like to keep on trying to fix things and relationships that are obviously broken and won't be fixed. When two persons who are so different, are not getting along very well keep their romance alive for reasons such as, "We've been together for a year or so", or "Opposites attract", then they are only fooling themselves.... Plastic Roses on Your Table and Upon Seeing You - How about those plastic roses on the table That never bloom? The wide-open faces Never can lose their youth, Can never die in love, never close Turn up their noses or spit replies Love, forgive, tell little white lies. Never been alive, those prefabricated unnatural Blooms, but you still keep them In your dining room.... Delirium Tremens - In a lightning flash I saw her peaking through the hue. With red flowing hair, sumptuous breasts and a devilish pout I pulled back the blinds before I decided to take another look But it was here that I began to be overpowered by a fast flowing stream. The sound of the water made me think about the truth. And the salt in the sea air almost drove me insane. My whereabouts were uncertain and my mind began to shift. Exultation ... Short Poems - Every Time We Touch - This is a romantic poem about two lovers who are in love. It describes the way they flirt and kiss and appreciate each other. It's a poem that makes you want to fall in love, or simply kiss someone.... Sad Poem - This poem is dedicated to all the people who learned the hard way. It is for those who have ignored their hearts warnings about love relationships that they should not have started.... Short Love Poems - Love Is Stronger Than Doubt - This short love poem is about the thoughts that haunt our minds, when we are in a love relationship, telling us that we're in the wrong relationship, or we are not right for each other. Our ego is very good at playing games on us, making us believe that our happiness is somewhere outside us, with other people.... Love Poems - Love Is A Mystery - This love poem Love is about mysteries. Love is truly a mystery that we can never understand. Mysteries are not meant to be understood, rather they are meant to be endured, lived and enjoyed so we would become someone better than we already are. Mysteries were never meant to be solved. They are about transforming us through love.... Poem About Life - This poem about life is about questioning whether we are loved or even deserve to be loved, or whether we love the person we're with as deeply as we claim to. The answer is very simply! We will never feel genuinely loved by anyone, even our parents and spouses, until we truly learn to love and appreciate ourselves.... Love Poem - A love poem about choosing the one whom we want to give our love to. In a world where we have too many options and many potential lovers, the pressure to make the right choice becomes harder to make.... Fathers Poem - A poem written about great fathers who are always there for their children. It's dedicated to all the dads who lead the way, so their children can grow up to know how to handle life on their own. They are role models for all the people in their lives.... Earth Poems - This poem is dedicated to our mother earth. It is a tribute to all the love that she gives and all the mistakes she forgives. I hope that one day humanity will wake up to realize its true value and work together to sustain our lives on her.... A Better Way (Poem) - Sanctuary (Poem) - The first poem poses the question: Are politics and organized religion more harmful than helpful to the everyday man? The second poem offers us sanctuary.... A Deadly Message From the Jagged Edge of a Bloody Barroom Bottle (An Ode to Jaco Pastorius) - Apollo ain't got nothin' on this cat. As a Herculean figure, a master musician and a titan for the moon, nobody imagined that it could ever happen. But just when the cat began to lose a grip and the shine took hold of the strip, a toothless barbarian took the life of a magical force.... Using Your Favorite Poet's Titles for Your Own Poetic Inspiration - Titles are at the head of a poem, most of the time. They are important sources of information. Titles are a means for discussion.... The Bell Speaks, How Can I Call You Friend, and The Lady Marches - Gone, at night to become a mist. Gone, your soul lingers to say goodbye. You're gone; the pink powder of your face dissolves. Gone gone gone. This hour the toll of the bell will tell. You're gone gone gone. Lips like cherry candy in the midst Of granite tombstones, rotting flowers Mausoleums, and the moon is on the tower. The lace upon your thighs And the leather on your breast. Gone gone gone gone gone.... In the Foothills of Time Guided by Indian Stories and Boxed Kites - The dark sun plunges like a slow motion meteor toward the valley floor. We, ski tips hanging over the cliff appear to be vaulting into the void. The skis racked up on the van, I toss the gear in; I stand upon this snowy hill that for months I looked forward to. It's gone. So it's off to the future and the setting sun, Throats hoarse. Our Chevy van leaks. To the street, 'snap,' The roaring metal river rushes to the iced pavement to head for that big pond, Emptying a lodge parking ... Short Poem - Fallen Star - A poem has the power to touch our hearts and heal our wounds. So many of us find comfort in written words and rhyming ballads. This poem titled "Fallen Star" is about a Love relationship that had fallen off its pedestal.... To Return Or to Stay, Our Story, You and I, or the Sea and the Dusty Dove - His hoarse breath-spirits howling Exhaled into the lungs of Adam, Thoughts struggling from eternal birth To gain a right to time on earth. Released in one exhale to time. Spirits, a swirling mass in Adam's breast Crying out for their one blessed Thinking, talking, mobile wall of flesh For separation unto self To come to God or walk from wealth.... Black Coal in the Giant's Hand and Our Lady on Ice - I once said, "How long, Lord Before you restore the wind?" It'll come it'll come it'll come I knew. ... Together Till The Harvest, Long Long, and The Lady of the Night - I feel excitement as your pulse Throbs into my palm. Our hands clasp Into covers under which we meet. Our fingers' Cupped to hold this precious peach.... The Bell Tolls No More for Me and Locomotive Lover Jumps Its Track - Tears collect on my shuttered pane So I look down. Can't see the Earth's sun Anyway. It stalks the Earth's dark shadow.... Conforming to Mediocrity and My Lady of the Water - I stepped from the jungle of human genes With crooked teeth, wild and untamed Like the wide leaves, grass valleys, falls Whitewater rapids, all the ugly ditches All the untamed beasts, but I was made To conform to normality. Where are they - My crooked teeth? Perhaps I should've Kept those twisting vine like ivory teeth.... An Island of Sand on a Beach and Beam of Light Over A Barnyard - Has it felt his gentle hand, This little stretch of unvisited sand? Useless it sits, next to the sea; Whose thoughts go deep, experiences broad. Once a woman walked the beach; She passed within a hundred feet; But did not veer or cast an eye; On this stretch of glass-like dirt; Sifted by the wind and earth.... The Windup of the Sky, The Lady Over the Ocean, Together, and Her in the Garden - The mighty clock is winding up; the water drips into the cup; Archimedes makes the drip go up; planet earth tips the pendulum. The gray beard brain thinks it early; the fresh shaved pup thinks it late; the gray beard brain thinks time short; the fresh shaved pup thinks time plenty. ... Painful Visitations of the Muse and United We Stand - They too saw the beauty tried not to judge, reported it by dabbing a bit of orange here, a touch of brown here; they sacrificed their fair share for shares as much as they could stomach. Nausea; the ink erupts, and the poet sickens in his self-possession.... Poems About Love And War (Alexandrine Poetry) - Your love for me a little more than nothing means, When love as sense of self may be, than mine, less strong, When thrill of love may keep the pain on withered greens And night of dreams is like a teared and jerking song. Your silence dances meaning's words on face's frown, My eye of winter follows stream of light on sky, Erratic flow of painful words by stripping down Their sense of meaning sounding like a sad ''good bye''. With ... Poems About Love - Don't you know that I'm the one, Can't you see who I've become. I've grown to be the man for you, Though not for once, I had a clue.... Love Poetry - Short Poems - Love Poetry at its Best. Read these three Love poems taken from "Short Poems by Lumiere" collection. The first poem is titled "Our Love Will Survive", the second poem is titled "A Heartless Tyrant", and the third love poem is titled "A Love that's Pure".... The Great March to Babylon - "To Babylon, to Babylon!" The French Knights shouted. (While disembarking, Some 1800-ships) Vessels great and small; On Saint Nicholas's day-And thus, Started the Great March!... A Daughter's Wedding and Wife's Departure and the World in Perspective - First a poem read to a daughter on her wedding day. Then some mournful contemplations of a husband missing his wife, who is still the love of his life. And last, a light heart dances with the odd images, colors and shapes when things in the world are witnessed through different perspectives.... To The Sea Of My Hopes - A poem inspired by numerous photographs I've taken of the sea. And how I feel every time I find myself in its presence.... My Pleasure Garden - My Garden affords me all the pleasure I will ever long for. My Garden is my life school, teaching me all that there is to learn about life. My Garden is my life-coach.... Trying to Work It Out - Poetry in Villanelle Style - A villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of succeeding stanzas.... Destiny (Poem) - Fortunes told by the gypsy. Tea leaves a crystal ball. The dark and handsome stranger. A messenger come to call.... Pink Elephants, Blue Saloons - I hate to begin with a cold nasty scheme, but sometimes there is no other way for me to go. Yet somehow, somewhere and in your own special way, all of this may soon turn out to be both sad and true. So it might be better to discard a sterile unforgiving reality for a more benign, less hostile and fertile one. But if this does in fact share some sort of tangible truth .... My Elusive Bumbak - A Poem - The task of identifying ancestors is often time consuming, frustrating and expensive. Between postage, photo copies, costly subscriptions, travel, and the rental of micro-films from the Family History Center, one can go broke without sniffing any positive results. Frankly, it requires a great deal of patience, like running in a marathon. Just when we think we've caught up with our elusive ancestors they suddenly take off, disappearing without leaving so much as a trail of dust behind them for us to continue sniffing.... Squatting On Nature's Territory - Nature has a way to reclaim its possession when its right is violated by man. The tsunami is one such act of God the holds nothing back when it strikes!... Dryden's Definition of Drama - Dryden is a great literary figure of his age. He saw the great plague of 1665, which drove him to Charlton in Wiltshire where he lived for eighteen months and wrote 'Dramatic poesy'.... Confessions (Poem) - My dreams loosen their individuality like bad teeth. I'm talking about My interminable demurrals and my uncomfortable silences, About my false starts and my apologies, I'm talking about clearing my throat. Why did I ever say I would do all these?... Writing Poetry - How Reading Work By Other Poets Can Help - Writing poetry allows us to look at and explore unique life experiences. We gain knowledge about beliefs, moods and opinions when putting together verse, rhymes and stanzas. We gain knowledge and understanding through reading other poets' work.... I Am a Writer But Feel So Much Like Rip Van Winkle - This poem on the desk, I call "Rip Van Winkle." Each time I conk at my desk, the entire room Changes.... A Star In Aether (Three Poems) - Much more than green looks the sea in your twinkling eye, Much more than salty are your eyes in sea transgress, Much more than green are leaves floating on waves of high, In green waves,green eyes searched their green loneliness. Much more than life means your love to my eyes of keen, Much more than love means the green of your salty tear, Much more than saltiness means the beauty of green, Much more than green means your sad life for me,my dear.... The Wall, Screaming Mannequins And Love Equilibrium (Poems) - We built a black wall in our white space To create two different worlds, where you and I Could live separately It was an internal wall of human misery Almost invisible from the outside. Then, we sought the knowledge. We were husband and wife, But we separately sought the same knowledge.... Wish for Her on Christmas and Lit by the Sun - Thick fir needles Rough icicles slide through the hands Of the cold nosed kid Who stares patiently at the wind And searches winter's Tiny hopeful splotches. If the snow like a whipped up blanket Could fill this town again Then angels' white and silent night And Christmas dreams And the memories of red sleighs And painted things If he could resurrect the names Of those blasting reindeer Put Santa's bells and bag And "Ho Ho Ho HO HO" Back on the wooden sleigh But in the cold of winter He looks high and lo Pleased with a mere flash-Of his mother's face - flash Of her warm pink skin, white teeth Under laughing eyes and nose.... Swigging Rockgut at the Beach - With my face in the wind, and an incalculable sneer on the facade of an inexhaustible irreversible train, I have decided to bring back the hungry ghost, and let that aimless palate full of palatial fluid flow just one more time again. Clear and colorless ... Waiting In Random Order - An abstract of a single moment in time when people are at their most real selves. When they are waiting for something and thinking there's no one watching them. Written while I was waiting for my turn at the doctor's office.... The Golden Ounce - Darling, you are like the golden ounce, small but precious. I need you terribly! I dream of meeting you ardently! I'll give you all my love and tenderness! I'll sing you all my songs and tell you all my fairy-tales!... Writing Haiku: How to Write a Haiku - To write something incredible, you need to forget everything you have ever been told about what makes a good haiku and just go with your own instinctual sense of poetic justice. Trust yourself to convey the beauty of the moment in a way that fits in with the haiku ethos. This isn't to say that you shouldn't be influenced by all the great haiku poets, just stay authentic.... Angela Gheorghiu, As Romanian Princess On Halloween - An poem portraying my beloved Angela as the noble lady to dive from great height to the river remembered in her honor as that of the princess in her native Romania. It being this princess whose adored husband was none other than "Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia" who was also known by this patronymic Dracula (son of the Dragon (Vlad II) Dracul). It being in the time of Halloween that I pass on such thoughts on to my Angela.... If I Picked Off Your Love - I tend to always write about love in the most abstract forms of personification I can come up with in the morning. This particular poem was created after I has just woken up from a dream. Even though it was 5 am, the words that entered my mind are what kept me conscious. I hope you are pleasantly surprised. enjoy.... The Crossroads of Life! - A Short Poem on the quest of searching, which era of human existence is the easiest - childhood, youth, or old age? This poem tries to explain in a humorous mode, that life won't offer you any such age or era where you will be burden-free and completely at peace. The subtly-conveyed message is that we should look for happiness inside, across the entire journey on the "Crossroads of life."... On a Cold Wintry Night: Raw Feckless Emotion and An Unresponsive, Unrequited Love - With a collar cast upward to the wind and a smirk upon his rugged, rough-hewn face, it has been far too long to even begin to think of her deep blue eyes, or the sad grimace that has never seemed to leave a lasting trace. But that is the way it goes, when the real stars shine in heaven and a ghostly fire leaves ashen embers that could infiltrate the musty earth bound air. So think ... When In Rome, Fall In Love - My experience of Rome left me feeling hopeful. That amore is in everything we are and within every person we meet along the way.... Fair Verona - Verona, city of love. And of hope.... A Woman's Needs - Written for no one man in particular. Just what I do, to take care of my needs. A woman has needs after all.... Lovely Firenze - During my travels, I experience a place thru my impressions of how it touched me. This one is about Firenze.... Psychogenic Fugue - When the dawn has come and my eyelids have already begun to be split in two, I have started to think that maybe there is no other way to lift this lonely hatchet and bring myself back to you. But it is within this darkness that I have chosen to live my incredibly tragic life. So is there anyone else that I can even begin to come to blame?... How to Write Poetry and Rhyming Poems - All you need to learn how to write poetry is paper, something to write with, and motivation. Everyone has a poem in them just waiting to come out.... The Eyes Of Winter (Three Poems) - Your translucent metaphors make my blue words to become seeds of a mirrored thinking. My words need your metaphors to scream, while emerging from their painful cage. They need to be washed again and again in the light downpour.... A Philosophical Note On Life After Death (Poem) - Death is a plunge into oblivion of self as an extinction of our human being. It annihilates all our sensations and our becoming to replace them with death's existence ... Poems Shortlisted for the Aquillrelle Poetry Contest in Belgium - As the title suggests these poems were shortlisted recently for the Aquillrelle Poetry contest in Belgium. 'The Worst Woman in London' is about an infamous gangster called Chicago May who originally came from around my home county. After years of crime she married a policeman. At the height of her criminal life a Judge called her, you guessed it 'The Worst Woman in London'! The second poem is about an inscription found on a gravestone in Clonmacnois in Ireland and there is a bit of Irish politics thrown in. The last poem is a mix of history from James Joyce to the Confederated Catholic Wars of 1641. There is reference to an RIC (Old Irish police) barracks whose plans were mistakenly sent by the British to India. So like the poem says there is a piece of my home town in India.... John Dryden and Social and Literary Background of His Age - John Dryden (1631-1700), the major poet of the Restoration Age, was born at Aldwincle, a village near Oundle in Northampton shire. His paternal grand father named Sir Eramus Dryden was a baroner and his mother was Lady Pickering, the first cousin of Sir Gilbert Pickering. He received his primary education in the village school of neighbouring Tichmarsh.... I Miss You Like I Miss The Rain - Written a long time ago, For a friend I dearly miss. The rain brings you closer to me.... On Poetic Preferences - Writers have different places under heaven. Writing preferences can vary like the various kinds of expertise and talents. Among others, poems come to everyone like magic chants, puzzling crystals, and the pleasure of switching rainbows.... As I Lay - Written during a particularly melancholic mood. When I was wondering what it would be like to say my goodbyes through a poem.... A Mermaid Came to Me - A mermaid came to me with a kaleidoscope colored box of chocolates. We engaged in telepathic communication until she flew away in a cloud.... The Strange Sound of Willie Randolph - Willie Randolph (strange little man that he is) makes an incredible, astonishing sound after a life of mediocrity and banality. What does this sound mean for Randolph and more importantly, what does it mean for you and me?... The Lost Art of Poetry - Throughout history poetry has had a meaningful role in how we interact with each other. Thanks to poems, we were able to enhance our chances of courting the opposite sex, congratulating someone special on an accomplishment or simply explore the beauty of playing with the magical power of words.... Harry Houdini (And the Great Escape) - Life as an iconic metaphor could certainly be considered the ultimate measure of success. Shackled by his hands and feet he is dropped far below the ocean waves. In a glass cage life flashes before his very eyes. People stare and wonder why. What are the risks and what are they for?... A Long Way to Tipperary - It was an extremely long way to Tipperary from New South Wales in Australia, but despite Irish parentage, the wide brown land Downunder was where Patrick Joseph Hartigan would make his life - as a Catholic priest - and as an author of poems, stories and historical research into the country and his religion. He was highly respected and appreciated in both fields, but one poem in particular, became so popular, its name became a widely used colloquialism for all manner of dire predictions of the potential for impending disaster. Don't be alarmed - this is a humorous poem that just happens to depict a personality-type we have all known, somewhere sometime.... Poems to Ponder On - Here are over fifteen poems to ponder on. Like a bird with long wings the Lord God, came flying through the dust- He had flown over the darkening waves. He had flown around the planet ... Ode To Sleep - A spur of the moment poem written out of frustration, at 3:11a.m. local time, and I'm still wide awake, despite medications prescribed to me legally that would otherwise help me sleep. 'You tempt me with your sweet promises of long forgotten dreams. Preying upon my weakness '... Animal Crackers (Or Cosmic Calamities, a Colourful Man, a Curious Mouth and a Cantankerous Kid) - Good golly gosh, In a clourful haze I lift my sterling head but how could this have happened to anyone but me? Somehow it seems to be nineteen thirty-three. I can hear her singing as a delightful piano plays along, and a big fat woman tramples down the spiraling embankment of a long line of truculent stairs.... Love Poems - Dream and dance, dream and dance as tango through the turquoise tide. Dream, dream, flying at the flower's glance as tango through the turquoise tide, keeping bumblebees in trance. Mountain brooks in sunshine glance, glance and trickle their path to hide.... The Hidden Haven ((Poetic Images) (El Refugio Escondido) (BILINGUAL: English and Spanish)) - What is so strange about these trees clustered around an open field? They are eucalyptus trees!... Epic Rhyme: For My Brothers - Rangers Lead The Way! - I wish it was 1982 when the Rangers told me I was through, take a leave, say adios to your crew, put on your old street shoes, and get out there, go home, dance to the blues. They said take a week off ... Epic Rhyme: Addiction! No More Honey Bun - 10:30 at night seems awfully late for me to be eating three or four pieces of cake. How can I expect to lose weight when everything I just saw I piled high on a plate? ... Copyright © 2012, Golf Information 4 U. All Rights Reserved. |