10 poems to read on National Poetry Day In honor of National Poetry Day, TED-Ed asked writing teachers at the San Francisco Writers Grotto to recommend their favorite poems worth sharing. Below, a short poetry reading list for TED-Ed learners of all ages. Constance Hale, author of Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, recommends: “Design” by Robert Frost For younger readers, I would go with some of the easier Robert Frost poems, which would set the stage for the more complex ones. Caroline Paul, author of Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, recommends: Billy Collins, in general Poetry is about concision, beauty — and the sudden swerve that tweaks the reality we thought we knew. “Percy and Books” by Mary Oliver I love the way Mary Oliver pokes fun at herself, realizing that poetry is paltry next to a day romping about in nature. Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche, recommends: Grace Rubenstein, multimedia editor of TED Books, recommends:
Sometimes -- Sheenagh Pugh Sometimes Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail, sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes step back from war; elect an honest man; decide they care enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor. Some men become what they were born for. Sometimes our best efforts do not go amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to. ~ Sheenagh Pugh ~ (In Good Poems , ed. by Garrison Keillor, contributed by Holly Thomas) (left button to play, right button to save) Poems by poetic form Skip to mainSkip to navigation Abcedarian The abecedarian is a poetic form from pre-Biblical times. Acrostic An acrostic is a poem or song or any piece of writing in which (usually) the first letter of each line (or sentence, or paragraph) spells out a word or a message. Alexandrine The alexandrine is a line of six iambic feet; one foot longer than the iambic pentameter. Alliteration Alliteration refers to the use of similar sounds to begin a sequence of words, e.g. spick and span, kith and kin, jump for joy. Assonance Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds in neighbouring words, to create the effect of rhyme within phrases or lines of verse. Ballad Ballads are narrative folk-songs or folk poems made up of simple four-line stanzas, usually rhyming abcb. Blank Verse Blank verse is a type of verse with a regular metre (usually iambic pentameter) but no rhyme, hence ‘blank’. Bush ballads Caesura Elegy Epic Free verse Haibun Haiku Iambic foot Ode Onomatopoeia Parody Prose-poem Rhyming Satire Sonnet
William Blake Selected Poems of William Blake Further Collections of Poetry by Blake Biography of William Blake William Blake was a poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver. During his life the prophetic message of his writings were understood by few and misunderstood by many. However Blake is now widely admired for his soulful originality and lofty imagination. “To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.” From ” Auguries of innocence “ William Blake was born in London, where he spent most of his life. His early poems Blake wrote at the age of 12. In 1790 Blake engraved THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL, a book of paradoxical aphorisms and his principal prose work. The Blakes moved south of the Thames to Lambeth in 1790. “Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! (from ‘Jerusalem’ in Milton, 1804-1808) Blake Links
of Halloween - Halloween When Is Halloween 2024? Halloween is celebrated each year on October 31. Halloween 2024 takes place on Thursday, October 31. What is the History of Halloween? Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Haunted History of Halloween In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter. Did you know? All Saints' Day
Limerick Rules Otherwise known as poetry for the common man, limericks, named after the Irish town of the same name, were first published in 1820 in The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women Exhibiting their Principle Eccentricities and Amusements. by James Harris. They were popularised by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) in his 1846 Book of Nonsense, a two-volume work featuring 73 illustrated limericks. Despite featuring examples of misogyny and racism, these books were intended for children, with mildly nonsensical verses such as these: There was an old man of Nepal From his horse had a terrible fall But, though split in two, By some very strong glue They mended that man of Nepal. There was an old man of the coast Who placidly sat on a post But when it was cold He relinquished his hold And called for some hot, buttered toast. Characteristic of Lear's limericks is the identical ending to the first and last lines (example 1) and the use of a place-name at the end of each. Limerick Structure
The Shearers' Cooks: How Dick and Cheryl Duggan keep a team of sheep shearers well fed Updated Five days a week for most of the year, sometimes toiling in primitive kitchens, often in remote districts of Australia's sheep belt, far from towns and supermarkets, Dick and Cheryl Duggan prepare up to 100 meals a day. The Duggans are shearers' cooks. Few jobs are as physically demanding as shearing sheep. "It astounds me still even sometimes because you get people that you just can't fill up," says Cheryl, who has seen a great deal in 46 years of catering for shearing teams. Husband Dick has spent 67 years in the shearing industry, starting as a shearer at just 14. "I told them I was 18 of course. He was a gun, who won 108 shearing championships, earning him the name "King". Currently the couple are in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales. Here at Pooginook Station, a famous Merino stud, there are eight shearers to feed and the same number of shed hands — the presser, woolclassers, roustabouts and a shearing contractor. What's on the menu? No signs of slowing down
Neurotic Poets - Lord Byron George Gordon Byron was born with a lame foot, and his sensitivity to it haunted his life and his works. Overhearing a girl he was infatuated with refer to him as "that lame boy" certainly must have deepened his disappointment at being born with this deformity. A fragile self-esteem made Byron extremely sensitive to criticism, of himself or of his poetry, and he tended to make enemies rather quickly. His poetry, along with his lifestyle, was considered controversial in his time and often deemed "perverted" or even "satanic,". The fact that he was often discontent and unhappy, combined with a constant desire for change meant that he created an unstable world for himself, though he never gave up his individual freedom to choose his own path and his own destiny. He inherited the title of Lord Byron at the age of ten, giving him a rank in society, and a bit of wealth to go along with it. Throughout his life, Byron fought a battle with obesity. Lord Byron gets up at two.
What caused the French Revolution? - Tom Mullaney We view these events at a distance of more than two hundred years. But one contemporary observer was Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and future US president. Jefferson served as the US minister to France in the 1780s. Read what Jefferson thought about King Louis XVI. The Third Estate’s decision to break from the Estates-General was an enormously significant event on the path to revolution. The revolution culminated with the rise of Napoleon. The French Revolution continues to be a powerful moment in human history. Lastly, Nick Hanauer argues we are living in a time where “the pitchforks are coming.” Love Poems and Poetry - Poetry Contests - Poetry Discussion Join Our Family Today panther811 Aelita Ronald Gainsford Sue_Pinkston JacieStralkoDuca hollydar Libra calladhor Biggus satishverma (Featured Poets are randomly generated picks using the following criteria. Break away from your everyday life and immerse your senses in the splendor of poetry. Create your own on-line portfolio. ...
Structure/Rhyme - Suicide in the Trenches The poem has three stanzas and 4 lines per stanza. Each stanza is divided into two rhyming couplets. Altogether, the poem is reminiscent of a nursery rhyme. Like a nursery rhyme, each line is in iambic tetrameter. Sassoon uses the structure and rhyme scheme of a nursery rhyme to emphasize the young ages of the soldiers. Furthermore, a sense of irony is created due to the dark subject matter of suicide and the poem structure of a nursery rhyme. The frequent use of the caesura highlights the angry and harsh tone throughout the poem. Lastly, the poem begins with spring, with reference to the lark.
Love « Unchained Dreams I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.Pablo Neruda Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Like this: Like Loading...
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