Do you know thepoemSong of the Great Wind Its ___ is Liu Bang, who was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty (206BC—220AD). Born into a ___ farmer’s family, Liu didn’t go to school for long, but he still wanted to do something ___. In his thirties, he became a village...
My friend named Steve and I decided to sleep in the open air. I foundthe sleeping bags under the bed in my room. I also packed some snacks. We could hardly wait for it toget dark. We opened our sleeping bags and put them on the grass in front of my house. Steve and I played...
I read this poem at the funeral for my best friend who passed on January 19, 2019, from pancreatic cancer. Our friendship lasted 40 years, and I am lost without her. I had asked my daughter Kelsey what she thought of this poem, and her response was, "Mom, it's beautiful, you have...
Tomb Sweeping Day gives us a chance to show respect to our ancestors and family members who have passed away and show that we miss them. This tradition shows that family values are an important part of Chinese culture. Tomb Sweeping Day is also the beginning of the time for gardening and ...
This poem published in, In Memoriam A.H.H., is an elegy (a poem of lament for someone who has passed away) and uses an ABBA Rhyme Scheme. It was written about Alfred Tennyson’s friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who was engaged to Tennyson’s sister. Arthur H
Will he get a new girlfriend? No, he must not. So you get these strange thoughts when you are in that situation. That is the darkness for me in that situation. And for me, that is the dark situation because it takes away a future I have envisioned for myself, that I would grow ...
s relative who ‘now rests in peace in another wild field beyond the village’. The ending of the relative’s life chimes with the ending of the day, with twilight. At the heart of this poem the poet has dinner and drinks with a friend, counting their blessings. Even though they may...
Tomb Sweeping Day gives us a chance to show respect to our ancestors and family members who have passed away and show that we miss them. This tradition shows that family values are an important part of Chinese culture.Tomb Sweeping Day is also the beginning of the time for gardening and ...
By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.~ G. K. Chesterton ~ As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so mod...
Not that I’d mention it to my friend who’s one of those people who think it’s an emergency when you pee purple or your head’s even a tiny bit on fire or you’re talking in your sleep which, by the way, I’m doing now not that that inhibits my field command. Robots, ...