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The Poems the Soldiers Read in World War I

By Glynn Young 10 Comments

World War I was a conflict made for poetry, and it made a lot of it. But what did the soldiers themselves read?

Filed Under: Courage Poems, Humanity Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets, war poems

Reading Ulysses: Mischief in the Woods

By L.L. Barkat 16 Comments

Reading Ulysses in Fall Woods

What can reading Ulysses in the woods teach us about changing education and throwing out the idea of homework? A whole lot.

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Poetry, Courage Poems, English Teaching Resources, Hero's Journey Poems, Humanity Poems, Incidentally, Read for Fun, Travel Poems

Poets and Poems: Boris Pasternak and “February”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Boris Pasternak "February" Tweetspeak Poetry

“February: Poems” by Boris Pasternak reflect the poet (and novelist’s) experience of living in a Russia marked by war, revolution, civil war, and oppressive communism.

Filed Under: Classic Poetry, Humanity Poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry and business, Poets, Russian Poets

Poets and Poems: Wendell Berry and “This Day”

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

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“This Day, ” Wendell Berry’s new collected Sabbath poems, remind us of the wholeness, consistency and beauty of his literary writing.

Filed Under: book reviews, Humanity Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sabbath Poems

Maya Angelou: The Poetry and Life of Reinvention

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Maya Angelou-You May Have the Grace

Maya Angelou was an unlikely candidate for literary success. But she reinvented herself, more than once.

Filed Under: Black Poets, Hope Poems, Humanity Poems, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, poetry news, Poets

Poets and Poems: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and “Prussian Nights”

By Glynn Young 14 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry Poets and Poems: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and “Prussian Nights”

“Prussian Nights” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reminds us that victory in war doesn’t automatically mean moral superiority over an enemy.

Filed Under: book reviews, Humanity Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Russian Poets

Poem Analysis: Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

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An evocative poem analysis focusing on the imagery in Dover Beach. Insightful and intriguing, from student writer Sara Barkat.

Filed Under: Blog, Classic Poetry, Grief Poems, Humanity Poems, Poem Analysis, Sea Poems, Student Writing

Poets and Poems: J.P. Dancing Bear’s “The Abandoned Eye”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Poets and Poems For Abandoned Eye

The poems in J.P. Dancing Bear’s “The Abandoned Eye” cut like razor blades, removing what we use to hide and obscure.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Humanity Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poems from the House of Memory – 1

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

From wisteria to butterflies, rubies to gardenia, the house of love and life calls in these poems.

Filed Under: Butterfly Poems, Humanity Poems, love poems, poetry

Poets at Home

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poets at home deserve poems. So we wrote them, on Twitter.

Filed Under: Camel Poems, Humanity Poems, Poems about poetry, poetry

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