In the poem "As I Grew Older", the first stanza represents the birth of a goal or dream, and as the poem progresses Hughes showcases that the dream begins to diminish behind the walls of adulthood, as he grows older. As the poem flows it's almost as if the white people make Hughes...
Shortly after the First Great Migration picked up momentum and in the midst of World War I, the 1918 influenza pandemic erupted. It is believed to have been caused by a H1N1 subtype of an influenza A virus with avian and swine genetic origins and to have originated from Fort Riley, KS; ...
–I am deeply indebted to my family for all their help. Indiscreet: not careful about what you say or do, especially when you reveal something secret or something that could be embarrassing or offensive; careless; hasty. –One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing. Impossible: that ...
A lot of alt-media folks are bashing Trump for claiming he will impose sanctions and/or tariffs on all those nations that use BRICS and “drop the dollar.’ They are saying doing such a thing would destroy the US economy. I have no idea if this will happen or not, and I am absolute...
While we were dancing, we talked again about how I had the heart of a lion and would soar with eagles, but all I could think about was how unworthy I am of being someone with the heart of a lion. Lions to me are some of the most dangerous predators in the world and I’m just ...
a riot of colors and textures to delight the eye. We walked silently through this patch of prairie my friend had helped restore, dotted with the kinds of plants whose names make a “found poem:” wild four o’clock, bastard toadflax, prairie smoke, amethyst shooting star....