Poetry

First published in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth?s Lyrical Ballads in 1798, it?s one of the great narrative poems — a parable demanding respect for God?s creations, all creatures…

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There have been times in my life when, disdaining the bad poetry I heard too much of at open readings, I set the concept of ?poetry as therapy? against ?poetry…

Read full article at Poetry?s Healing Powers

We?ve posted a number of times here about ?the poetry of place,? poetry?s often-intimate connection with the poet?s home place, and the celebration of poets? homes after their passing as…

Read full article at Frost?s Homer Noble Farm Treated Most Ignobly

First published in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth?s Lyrical Ballads in 1798, it?s one of the great narrative poems — a parable demanding respect for God?s creations, all creatures…

Read full article at The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

We?ve been having fun with moving poetry pictures since the very beginning of this site — Bob Holman produced the United States of Poetry PBS series before becoming a Poetry…

Read full article at Fun with Poetry Cartoons

Classic Lit Guide Esther Lombardi reminds us that January 22 is ?Byron Day,? the birthday of George Gordon, Lord Byron. He was the descendant of English naval officers and barons…

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We?ve posted a number of times here about ?the poetry of place,? poetry?s often-intimate connection with the poet?s home place, and the celebration of poets? homes after their passing as…

Read full article at Frost?s Homer Noble Farm Treated Most Ignobly

There have been times in my life when, disdaining the bad poetry I heard too much of at open readings, I set the concept of ?poetry as therapy? against ?poetry…

Read full article at Poetry?s Healing Powers

Like anyone who works online, I?ve had to come up with a series of new passwords for secure sites that require password changes every few months, or even every month,…

Read full article at Using Poems for Passwords

Since ancient times, poets have used acrostics to embed ?secret? messages in their poems (not so secret, actually — an acrostic poem spells out its subject in the first letter…

Read full article at Hidden meaning encoded in a poem sends the poet to jail