But, for this piece, I am reflecting oninspirationalpoems that I believe can do the job of picking you up at those times when you need just a tiny bit of inspiration to get us through a rough patch. Some of these famous short poems you have heard before, but others may be new. Eith...
Why we love it: This is a story about grief and loss, with a main character who recently lost her mother to cancer. Despite the sober premise, it’s a wonderful story to use for close reading. 74. Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara “I don’t have much work to do around the ho...
Learn more:25 Popular Edgar Allan Poe Poems 36. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain “Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do ‘most anything’—and I believe him.” Why we love it: A Mark Twain story about a man who bets on anything. ...
This is the eighth story in the preview ofComplete Tales & Poems,above. The Gold-Bug William Legrand moves to an island with his servant, Jupiter, after losing a lot of money. When the narrator goes to visit, Legrand excitedly tells him about a gold-bug, but the narrator has to leave ...
To laugh at pain and loss and keep fast hold his Grit. Poems about Hope Never Give Up! Poet: Martin Farquhar Tupper Never give up! It is wiser and better Always to hope than once to despair; Fling off the load of doubt’s heavy fetter, ...
Published in 2006,this collectionincludes over 30 short stories, poems, and novellas full of Gaiman’s magical and imaginative creations. It won the Locus Award in 2007 for Best Collection and several of the individual stories have also won the Locus and Hugo Awards. ...
This excellent collection of poems, short stories and reimaginings reignited the finger of fear that Baba Yaga left in my spine as a child. I can’t pick a favourite piece, they’re all so good. And while all of the authors are women, they’re a diverse crowd and bring their unique...
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this piece (these pieces). The quotes I’ve shared about his work all ring true from what I read here – the mix of forms (lists, poems, interviews, and so on), the wit and humour, the “diverse angles”. It is a work that draws from Native American ...
The author of the Tractatus found another benefit in poems and also in Tolstoy’s stories, a new dimension that was already partly condensed in the adjective “latent”: for these are mediums offering, in Sanchez Dura’s terms,[16] the inexpressible in language as a way of seeing, as ...
Baby Shakespeare presents little ones with 12 common words that can be found within the rich context of classic poems and the beauty of nature. By combining the poetry with engaging puppet shows, funny sound effects, colorful, stimulating images and the glorious music of Ludwig van Beethoven, ...