Poetry

Feature Writer: Linda Sue Grimes
Poetry fascinates readers for many reasons, from its unique language use to the varied subjects that poets have dramatized down through the centuries.
The Ancients, including Homer and Vergil, captivated audiences with their ability to spin a memorable yarn. Ancient Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, were so easily memorized that it was centuries before anyone wrote them down.
From the Ancients to Middle Eastern and Western Eurpoean bards to early Americans like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman to the most contemporary poets such as recent poets laureate, Louise Glück, Ted Kooser, Charles Simic, and currently Kay Ryan, the journey through poetry remains a colorful and enticing one.
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Linda Sue Grimes
Jul 3, 2009
Wordsworth's It is a Beauteous Evening
In: British Poetry
Tranquility engenders the finest thoughts, feelings, and intuitions. Wordsworth's Italian sonnet captures the mood that the poet took as the basis for fine poetry.
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Jul 1, 2009
Yogananda's When I Am Only a Dream
In: World Poetry
Paramahansa Yogananda's "When I Am Only a Dream" offers all devoted disciples the reassurance and comfort that the guru is always guiding and guarding them.
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Jun 29, 2009
Rossetti's Remember
In: British Poetry
Breaking her engagement with her fiancé, the speaker in Rossetti's Italian sonnet requests that he keep the pleasant and discard the unpleasant.
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Jun 24, 2009
Brooke's The Soldier
In: British Poetry
As General William Tecumseh Sherman averred, "War is hell!" But sometimes facing down hell leads to spiritual awareness unequaled by a conciliatory peace without honor.
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Jun 21, 2009
Yogananda's The Toiler's Lay
In: World Poetry
The speaker in "The Toiler's Lay"expresses a sentiment that is universally common to humanity laboring in this material world to keep body and soul together.
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Jun 19, 2009
Hopkins' The Habit of Perfection
In: British Poetry
Father Hopkins' poem, "The Habit of Perfection," dramatizes the importance of silencing and stilling each of the five senses in order to advance in the spiritual realm.
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Jun 17, 2009
Vaughn's Peace
In: British Poetry
Henry Vaughn's poem appeals to the soul of the devotee who is making the effort to achieve the exalted state of Christ Consciousness.
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Jun 15, 2009
Wyatt's They Flee From Me
In: British Poetry
The speaker in Wyatt's most anthologized poem dramatizes the nature of regret after having fallen from favor.
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