‘A Dog Has Died’ by Pablo Neruda is a heart-wrenching eulogy for the poet’s much-loved, deceased dog that also explores the dog’s personality and interactions with the speaker. Neruda composed this piece in response to his own dog’s death. In the first lines, he states, very clear...
and ancient examples of concrete poems (shapes like eggs or hatchets) still remain today. For more recent examples, you might point to George Herman, who was particularly well-known for his concrete poetry — such as in the example below, where the poem’s form mimics the ‘wings’ ...
and ancient examples of concrete poems (shapes like eggs or hatchets) still remain today. For more recent examples, you might point to George Herman, who was particularly well-known for his concrete poetry — such as in the example below, where the poem’s form mimics the ‘wings’ ...
But I love my Baker-Formisano aunts and uncles: Bill, Louise (deceased), Howard, and Helene. I warmed to the occasion, happy to see my cousins and their families after so many years. One cousin I once knew well approached me and hesitated, “Now…you’re….” In fairness to him, ...
In this state between waking and sleeping, he fancies a spirit-land in the fogs of the valley beneath him, and sees approaching him the deceased lady of his love. Arising to meet her, he falls, with the effort, from the crag, and perishes. The state of reverie is admirably pictured ...