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
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
Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods 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.
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)
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 found the originating author. An English teacher at Center Grove High School in Greenwood Indiana named Jerry Maguire appears to be the originating author. 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]
Guidelines for Reading and Analyzing Literature Literature is classified by genre (type or kind). Although critics disagree on how to define and label different genres, the three basic forms of literature are prose, drama, and poetry. Most works we read as literature are imaginative (fictional), but some nonimaginative (nonfictional) works are read as literature as well. Nonfiction prose includes history, biography, autobiography, religious and philosophical writing, literary criticism, political tracts, travel literature, and essays on many other subjects. Prose fiction has been divided, since the origins of the modern novel in the eighteenth century, into the novel, the novella or novelette (a story of intermediate length), and the short story. Predecessors of these genres include fables, parables, and tales of various kinds (including folk tales, fabliaux, and fairy tales). These broad genres are classified in many different ways, according to their form and content, into "modes" or "kinds" or "subgenres."
LOVE ME, LOVE MY BOOKS DEAL OR NO DEAL | July 24th 2008 luis de bethencourt/flickr Some books are so dear, so essential, that if a potential partner finds it risible, any meeting of the minds (or body) is impossible, writes Molly Flatt ... Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE For bibliophiles, books are relationship brokers. Opposite reading tastes certainly do attract. However, I do believe in the dealbreaker book. After all, women read more, especially when it comes to fiction. The NYT books blog Paper Cuts then asked readers "What are your literary dealbreakers--or literary deal-sealers?" Our dealbreaker book represents what we want to be--it is an exercise in literary self-actualisation. With a dealbreaker book, someone's breezy dismissal can feel worse than an active dislike. My dealbreaker is Dorothy Dunnett's "House of Niccolo" series. (Molly Flatt is a writer in London.
Anthology of Thirties Prose Light came and went and came again, the booming strokes of three o'clock beat out across the town in thronging bronze from the courthouse bell, light winds of April blew the fountain out in rainbow sheets, until the plume returned and pulsed, as Grover turned into the Square. He was a child, dark-eyed and grave, birthmarked upon his neck-- a berry of warm brown-and with a gentle face, too quiet and too listening for his years. The scuffed boy's shoes, the thick-ribbed stockings gartered at the knees, the short knee pants cut straight with three small useless buttons at the side, the sailor blouse, the old cap battered out of shape, perched sideways up on top of the raven head, the old soiled canvas bag slung from the shoulder, empty now, but waiting for the crisp sheets of the afternoon-these friendly, shabby garments, shaped by Grover, uttered him. He turned and passed along the north side of the Square and in that moment saw the union of Forever and of Now. "Old stingy Crockers!" Mr.
The Staff Recommends: The Lover’s Dictionary Recommended by John Warner I have to be honest. This book had two strikes against it. One, it looked gimmicky, a novel told as a series of dictionary entries written by one lover addressed to another. Very clever, but I’d seen clever before, and clever, by itself, is not so interesting. Two, it was described in the press materials as “romantic.” I’m still waiting. Point being, there’s reasons for the skepticism. But The Lover’s Dictionary won me over completely. One reason is the structure, which is no gimmick, but instead allows a strategy of oblique storytelling to emerge, where we come at incident slantwise, like an Emily Dickinson poem. Under the entry for “balk” we learn of a big step in the relationship: “I was the one who said we should live together. Also, the prose. And last, the romance. I started reading the book as a cynic. John Warner is the editor of The Staff Recommends and the author of Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant.
'One Day' chronicles a perfect connection between imperfect people - Baltimore Dating The recent release of the movie adaptation of the international bestseller One Day by David Nicholls was subject to reviews which by in large lamented that the motion picture failed to do the novel justice. Many critics accused the film of glossing over crucial chapters and trading the novel’s deft intertwining of humor and heartbreak for an uneven tone and well-meaning yet lackluster portrayals by Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. The negative press is a bit disheartening given the film’s trailer provided snippets of what appeared to be an elegantly fluid representation of the book, likely to have piqued moviegoers’ interest. However, regardless of whether or not the movie leaves something to be desired, audiences needn’t worry about any dissatisfaction after reading the book itself. The novel chronicles twenty years of a relationship between two best friends who could also be soul mates. “You barely know me,” he says at one point. “I know the type,” she retorts. “The type?”
The 13 scariest books of all time NOT written by Stephen King Yes, we all know King is the Sultan of Scare, and that books like The Shining, Salem's Lot, and It will make you quake in your fuzzy slippers. But here are 13 books that'll start the shivers while spreading the wealth. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Thomas Harris This isn't the first time we'd meet the psychopathic Hannibal Lecter—that'd be Red Dragon—but it was the most eerie. GHOST STORY Peter Straub Four men, comfortable in their middle-agedness, never speak of the young woman they killed 50 years before and buried in a watery grave. THE ROAD Cormac McCarthy Anyone who's ever been a parent or, for that matter, a child—in other words, everyone—can sense the post-apocalyptic dread in this Pulitzer Prize-winning story of a father who only wants to see his son safely across a savage, scarred landscape to a salvation that might not exist. DRACULA Bram Stoker It may be an oldie—one of the oldie-est, actually—but Stoker's Dracula is the fount from which incarnation of the modern vampire draws power.
What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called Remember when your high school summer reading list included Atticus , Fiesta , and The Last Man in Europe ? You will once you see what these books were renamed before they hit bookshelves. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald went through quite a few titles for his most well-known book before deciding on The Great Gatsby . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Today is October 10, 2010—10.10.10!