Great Poems « Greatest Books of All Time » Life-Changing Arts A selection of great poems from centuries of brillant authors and poets. Whether you are new to the world of poetry and wish to savor it, or a well-versed poetry connoisseur, either way you will probably enjoy the classics of world poetry. The poems are sorted by vote. To vote for a poem, click on the left of it. Voting is possible once per day. Votes PoemAuthor IfRudyard Kipling EchoChristina Georgina Rossetti If you think the best poem of all times is not even on this list, by all means, let us know which poem it is and why you think it should be added. Get inspired.. inspire others.. Back to Greatest Books of All Time
Poetry, Poems, Bios & More Happy National Poetry Month! Join the largest literary celebration in the world by participating in the Poet-to-Poet Project and Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 24. And don't forget to order your National Poetry Month Poster by April 15. Poet-to-Poet Project Calling all young poets… here’s your chance to be published on Poets.org! Watch the Poet-to-Poet Videos > Poem in Your Pocket Day On April 24, poetry fans throughout the United States will select a poem, carry it with them, and share it with others. Learn More > National Poetry Month Poster Request your free National Poetry Month poster by April 15. Request the 2014 Poster >
MAG Poetry Competition 2011 | Writing Competitions | Poetic Republic Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods Respect First published Wed Sep 10, 2003; substantive revision Tue Feb 4, 2014 Respect has great importance in everyday life. As children we are taught (one hopes) to respect our parents, teachers, and elders, school rules and traffic laws, family and cultural traditions, other people's feelings and rights, our country's flag and leaders, the truth and people's differing opinions. We may also learn that how our lives go depends every bit as much on whether we respect ourselves. The ubiquity and significance of respect and self-respect in everyday life largely explains why philosophers, particularly in moral and political philosophy, have been interested in these two concepts. 1. Among the main questions about respect that philosophers have addressed are these: (1) How should respect in general be understood? 1.1 Elements of respect It is widely acknowledged that there are different kinds of respect, which complicates the answering of these questions. 1.2 Kinds of Respect
Do not stand at my grave and weep Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep is a poem written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Although the origin of the poem was disputed until later in her life, Mary Frye's authorship was confirmed in 1998 after research by Abigail Van Buren, a newspaper columnist.[1] Full text[edit] Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on the snow, I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. Origins[edit] Mary Frye, who was living in Baltimore at the time, wrote the poem in 1932. Mary Frye circulated the poem privately, never publishing or copyrighting it. The poem was introduced to many in Britain when it was read by the father of a soldier killed by a bomb in Northern Ireland. BBC poll[edit] ... Rocky J.
Lord Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born on August 5, 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire. His next book, Poems (1833), received unfavorable reviews, and Tennyson ceased to publish for nearly ten years. After marrying Emily Sellwood, whom he had already met in 1836, the couple settled in Farringford, a house in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight in 1853. Among Tennyson's major poetic achievements is the elegy mourning the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, "In Memoriam" (1850). In the 1870s Tennyson wrote several plays, among them the poetic dramas Queen Mary (1875) and Harold (1876). Tennyson died at Aldwort on October 6, 1892 and was buried in the Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. The above biography is copyrighted.
Storyville: How to Get An Agent Disclaimer: I do not have an agent. Yet. So if you don’t want advice on how to get an agent from somebody who doesn’t have an agent, this column may not be for you. There is really only one reason to try and get an agent. Did you say money? It’s just as difficult to land an agent as it is to land a press—quite possibly, more difficult. So I’ve freaked you out now. Plan A: You can self-publish, but my personal stance on this is to only self-publish if you have a product that is a niche title, or if you are just publishing for fun, or to give your friends and families a copy of your book. Plan B: You can find independent presses that are open to solicitations. My advice would be to query all of the above presses AND start submitting to agents at the same time. Much like Duotrope.com is the place to go for submitting short stories, QueryTracker.net is the place to go for researching agents. Genres So the first thing you do is pick the genre, and then see what agents show up. Query Waiting
PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of poems and poets. Poetry Search Engine April 1book140: The Sci-Fi Shortlist - Jeff Howe - Entertainment We created the April shortlist with a clear objective: Offer a range of titles that either helped define the genre of science fiction, or operate well within those boundaries. No crossover, genre-bending novels for us this month. To that end, the following books are intended to offer a diverse selection, but all have contributed mightily to what we talk about when we talk about Sci-Fi. The polls will close at 5 PM this Wednesday, March 28. The Moon is Harsh Mistress, by Robert HeinleinThis 1967 Hugo Award winner coined the phrase, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch," which has a special resonance in this story about a loose society of convicts and malcontents exiled in underground lunar colonies in the year 2075. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott CardMankind itself is imperiled (something of a theme in the Sci-Fi genre) in this 1985 novel by Scott Card, who wrote the short story Ender's Game is based on while working at BYU Press. 1book140 April Shortlist (Poll Closed)
Poetic Ink - About The love of words is what this network is all about, the love of poetry, of poets and of free expression. Our human mind is not designed with well defined boundaries, with objectionable frames of reference, nor is it set up to have barriers that burden others, or block free expression. With that being stated true freedom is also what this collaborative network is all about, writers are people who think in differing perspective, dimentionalities, creatively contrasting the worlds ideas. Reshaping our vision of reality is what we do from day to day, and we offer our collective voices to the world. Love is the answer to heal all wounds, words of poetry with the essense of purity to voice ones sense of inner love for life, for the pursuit of happiness, and for prosperity of the heart, the mind, the human spirit and for being alive is what motivates us to keep on writing. Enjoy this gift!
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Shakespeare Insult Kit Shakespeare Insult Kit Since 1996, the origin of this kit was listed as anonymous. It came to me on a piece of paper in the 90's with no attribution, and I thought it would make a cool web page. Though I searched for the origin, I could never find it. In 2014, Lara M informed found the originating author. It appears to be an English teacher at Center Grove High School in Greenwood Indiana named Jerry Maguire. Combine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced with "Thou": My additions: cullionly whoreson knave fusty malmsey-nosed blind-worm caluminous rampallian popinjay wimpled lily-livered scullian burly-boned scurvy-valiant jolt-head misbegotten brazen-faced malcontent odiferous unwash'd devil-monk poisonous bunch-back'd toad fishified leaden-footed rascal Wart-necked muddy-mettled Basket-Cockle pigeon-liver'd scale-sided Back to the insulter. Chris Seidel
List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized). Apocalypse is a Greek word referring to the end of the world. Works of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]