History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Tags: #Time, #Memories, #Poem, #PercyByssheShelley, #English, #PoetMini who’s who: Percy Bysshe Shelley : English Poet Born: August 4, 1792 Died: July 8,...
A book about books is like a poem about poetry:Books are knowledge, paid for, all.Readers – horses in a stall.Stallions should always run.Lest they stale become, in turn.Running waters are most clear.In some books, you disappear –lose yourself, and track of...
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. — Robert Frost Tags: #Poem, #Delight, #Begins, #RobertFrost, #American, #PoetMini who’s who: Robert Frost : American Poet Born: March 26, 1874 Died: January 29,...
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily...
Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It’s a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. — Billy Collins Tags: #Funny, #Poem, #Departure,...
