This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir." 1847 To Helen I saw thee once—once only—years ago: I must not say how many—but not many. It was a July midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring, Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven, There fell...
Friendship means being able to tell each other anything and understanding without questions. Friendship means being honest with each other no matter what the cost. Friendship means staying up all night and talking about nothing. Friendship means being able to sayI love you!
Joshua Weiner is the author of three books of poetry, The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish, The World’s Room, and From the Book of Giants
This reversal serves to capture the raw essence and the cost of transitioning from innocence to stoicism, which are the two key aspects of maturity, the former being depicted by the aging of the child and the latter brought about by the fulfillment of the role expectancy of the head of the...
41 Ethereal Poems About Mermaids 93 Stunning Poems About Fairies Contents:show Captivating Poems About Sirens Dive into an extraordinary anthology of captivating poems about sirens, meticulously arranged for your delight. From haunting verses that evoke the allure of these mystical creatures, to mesmerizi...
Sayings about Safe Travel While traveling can be fun it can also be a dangerous undertaking, exploring new and unfamiliar places always caries some risk that something could go wrong. With that in mind we collected some quotes about being a conscientious traveler aware of your surroundings. Unless...
poem’s feeling of tension between an imagined past and how it informs a desired future. If the poem is haunted by the past, its ghosts are often reassuring; if it has reconciled itself to the utilitarianism of its present, it comes with a deeply unpleasant feeling of being instrumentalise...
A teenage girl writes about the trauma of being pregnant while still in school. The entire pregnancy she is haunted by the thought that she is too young to be having a baby. At the moment of birth, as she holds the baby in her arms, all negative thoughts are forgotten. ...
and captures something special about Halloween that makes it magical. One of the poems describes children dressed up as witches, pirates, and ghosts, while another talks about a haunted house with groaning doors and creaky floors. The poems are not too scary, but they’re just spooky enough ...
The man in the poem is haunted by the death of his beloved and the raven symbolizes “mournful, never-ending remembrance”. 5. Golden Slumbers, Thomas Dekker Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise; Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby,...