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by Kaveh Akbar (Pilgrim Bell), destinies collide in a most spectacular fashion when an Iranian-American poet from Indiana meets a dying artist. Akbar's first work of fiction, shortlisted for the National Book Award, is an electrifying drama swirling with themes of sobriety, sexuality, and the...
21 All is Truth. 22 So Long. 23 Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking. 24 Poem of Joys. 25 Long I Thought that Knowledge. 26 Laws for Creations. 27 I Sit and Look Out. 28 I Sing the Body Electric. 29 Germs. 30 Pioneers! O Pioneers! 31 In Cabin’d Ships at Sea. 32 Beginners....
If that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat. If that billy goat won't pull, Papa's gonna buy you a cart a...
Categories: Death and dying, Poetry, Writing | Tags: Elly McDonald Writer | Permalink. December 16, 2018 2 Comments Untitled (2018) I nursed my father in my arms as he died spewing black blood. Do you think any residue between me and you means anything alongside that? I do a lot...
love. But that we have no mode of connection with Him, according to the flesh, this indeed we entirely deny. And this, we say, is altogether foreign to the divine Scriptures. For who has doubted that Christ is in this manner a vine, and we the branches, deriving thence life for ...
2.He knew clearly that winning this battle would bring him true glory__. 3.He was awarded a medal__for his bravery in performing first aid to an old man. 4.We were sinking fast, and the captain__ gave the order to abandon the ship. 5.You must eat to keep your strength__up for...
I saw a doctor who told me that I had to become okay with dying. He said if I accepted it, I would be able to sleep and would likely…not die. He was right, I didn’t die. And I wrote this song to celebrate it.”Previously Hawke shared the album’s first single, ...
Although we favor the first of these, a compromise is possible. The fly may be loathsome, but it can also signify vitality. The synesthetic description of the fly helps depict the messy reality of dying, an event that one might hope to find more uplifting. The poem portrays a typical ...
Juliet Patterson’s book of poems,Threnody, imparts an intimate sense of annihilation. Its thematic exploration of dying bees ultimately reveals a violence that pushes up against oceans, rivers, and skin. In “Dark Scaffolding,” a “We” draws us inside the poem’s enjambed lines where both...