Poetry

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's speaker revisits her former sorrow to contrast her earlier "heavy heart" with the light heartedness she now enjoys because of her belovèd.

Dec 2, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

"Cassius Hueffer" from Master's Spoon River Anthology is an American sonnet, which reverses the Petrarchan octave and sestet to emphasize the pessimism of the speaker.

Dec 1, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Alberta K. Johnson is a character in Langston Hughes' twelve-poem set called "Madam to You." In this poem, she has herself some name cards printed.

Nov 30, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Paramahansa Yogananda's poem, "Life's Dream," celebrates Mount Washington as a spiritual oasis in the middle of the large city of Los Angeles.

Nov 29, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

In his essay, "Global Warming: The Trials of an Unsettled Science," David Solway tackles the issue, employing a poet's incisive intelligence and wordsmith craftsmanship.

Nov 28, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Robert Fulton Tanner reveals much about his character by comparing himself metaphorically to a rat in a trap

Nov 27, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker compares the negative attitudes of others to a "clasping knife" that she will simply close up to rid her love of danger and damage.

Nov 26, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Pop McIntyre and Smoky Hughes don't see eye to eye when it comes to giving thanks; Smoky presses his individualism a little further than Pop can abide.

Nov 25, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Brooks' "Gay Chaps at the Bar" is an American sonnet, featuring the Petrarchan style octave consisting of two quatrains and sestet consisting of two tercets.

Nov 24, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The third and fourth poems of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology are companion pieces, spoken by a wife and a husband, commenting on the quality of their marriage.

Nov 23, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

In Paramahansa Yogananda's "Listen to my Soul Song" from Songs of the Soul, the great yogi offers a perfect blend of three poetry forms: song, chant, and prayer.

Nov 22, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker responds to love letter from her belovèd.

Nov 21, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The ten versagraphs of Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck" dramatize a reader's metaphorical journey to explore the nature of a non-existent catastrophe.

Nov 20, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The ne'er-do-well "Hod Putt" finds solace in the notion that finally in death he has achieved a measure of equality with a man who was actually successful in life.

Nov 19, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Former U. S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser offers one of his fascinating observations, as he allows his speaker to speculate on the character of an aging, tattooed biker-type.

Nov 18, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

"The Hill" is the first poem in Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, a series dramatizing the lives of deceased residents of the fictional town of Spoon River.

Nov 17, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Sonnet 22 finds the speaker growing ever more fanciful as she paints a haven for the loving couple whose union is strengthened by soul force.

Nov 16, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker dramatizes the journey of the soul as it evolves from plant life to human life. Each stage of evolution allows the soul to express itself in greater portion.

Nov 15, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Emily Dickinson's gift of imagining supernaturally is on display in this fanciful piece that dramatizes the mystical flight of two butterflies.

Nov 14, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker is growing accustomed to hearing her lover say, "I love you,"-so much so that she is now commanding him to repeat it again and again.

Nov 13, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

"In Flanders Fields" is one of the most celebrated poems of the World War I era. Lt. Col. John McCrae was a surgeon in the Canadian Army, when he wrote this poem.

Nov 12, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

One of the most cheerful poems ever written, "The Gladness of Nature," paints smiles on the faces of fruit and flowers and allows the sunshine to chase away all gloom.

Nov 11, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker in Robert Frost's American sonnet reveals his rebellious nature, proclaiming his individual prerogative to venture into the city at night.

Nov 10, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Sonnet 20 from Sonnets from the Portuguese finds the speaker in a pensive mood, dramatizing her awe at the difference a year has made in her life.

Nov 9, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

Even a God-realized guru/saint can become bored by too much confinement in a city setting, and the non-realized can learn how to enjoy nature from the guru's experience.

Nov 8, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes