This haibun was inspired by and written in response to a Mary Oliver poem ‘The Swan’ where she asks ‘And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for? And have you changed your life?’ Beauty has certainly changed me although it has often hurt too. Perhaps that’s the nature...
The blackbird loves the earthworm, The adder loves the sun, The polar bear an iceberg, The elephant a bun, The trout enjoys the river, The whale enjoys the sea, And dogs love most an old lamp-post, But you’re my cup of tea. ADVERTISEMENT 30/42 “I Rely on You,” by Hovis Presl...
bell-like call - a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell two-note call - a birdcall having two notes; "the two-note call of the cuckoo" 5. song - a very small sum; "he bought it for a song" buy, steal, bargain - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auc...
, put a call through to, give (someone) a call, give (someone) a buzz (informal), give (someone) a bell (Brit. slang), give someone a tinkle (Brit. informal), get on the blower to (informal) He called me up to ask how I was....
Other judges that year included the artist Laura Anning Bell, the novelists Sylvia Lynd, Amabel Strachey and Netta Syrett and the poet Ethel Clifford; their comments and deliberations reveal much about how a book wins a prize. One of the most outspoken contributors was the 70-year-old late-...
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” was first published in England in 1780, though it was likely spoken or chanted as a lyrical poem much earlier. While the actual origins of the song have long since been lost in festive lore, it is likely to have had French or Scottish inspiration. The mu...
Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Janet Dewart Bell (The New Press, May 08, 2018) A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law by Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Loretta Lynch, Bryan Stevenson, and Anthony C. Thompson (The New Press, ...
poem, which is in 495 lines in 55 Spenserian stanzas, was composed in the spring of 1821 immediately after 11 April, when Shelley heard of Keats’ death (seven weeks earlier). The title of the poem is likely a merging of the Greek “Adonis”, the god of fertility, and the Hebrew “...
bell Schema: 1. model, pattern, scheme Schenkel: 1. thigh Schere: 1. scissors Scherz: 1. gag, joke Scheune: 1. barn, shed, stand Schi: 1. ski Schicht: 1. layer Schicksal: 1. destiny, fate, fortune, luck Schiebefenster: 1. window, ticket-window Schiedsgericht: 1. arbitration ...