In his poem, “The Old Issue,†Rudyard Kipling wrote these lines in an attempt to address a controversial war that involved England, his homeland, but I find the words fitting this Memorial Day: “All we have of freedom, all we use or know– ...
always put the new peach in old operator" used in this poem, although the spring in my hometown: children with firecrackers in the doorway, the adults drinking wine, ingenuity of housewives had the new couplet labeled, every household in the window, can always see a beautiful fairy - ...
Long Distance Birthday Poem These birthday wishes go for my loving husband who is away from me. We are compelled to stay separate when he is on career course. The separation has strengthened our bond of love. When some important family occasions arises in the course of life, I miss my ...
With stiff competition from the more peaceful and idealistic themes expressed inAmerica the Beautiful,The Star-Spangled Bannerbecame the official national anthem of the USA in 1931, 117 years after Francis Scott Key first wrote the lyrics in hisDefence of Fort M’Henrypoem (1814). (American Flag...
an the temple, there is also a Three Superb Tablet, on which a painting of Monk Baozhi, painted by Wu Daozi, a famous painter, a memorial poem written by Li Bai, the most outstanding poet, and calligraphy written by Yan Zhenqing, a well-known calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty (618-90...
The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all moth...
to reach and feel within the breast. viapoemhunter.com READ:Motivation Mondays: Beyond Valentine’s Day Motivation Mondays: Happy Valentine’s Day Motivation Mondays: Valentine’s Day Tips “I think that Valentine’s Day is only as good as you want it to be. You know, I don’t think it...
We from the childhood, start to recite this first poem.Parents' love is ubiquitous, just like that smallest bits of property resemble closely profound.But I want to say actually that, please give me a pair of wing, lets me soar in the day.[translate] ...
My poem is a riff on the powerful and sometimes devastating effect of dreams, and last month I got the delightful news that it had been shortlisted in theFiction Factorypoetry competition. The judge was none other than my tutor from Jericho Writers, Helen Cox. The competition was judged blind...
I was miles from Quincy on Memorial Day but I was there in spirit. Quincy has one of the best Memorial Day Parades in Massachusetts and the Quincy Sun always does a great job of covering it year after year. This year it was no differ- ent. The crowds are never as large as you ...