Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
If there was anything Shakespeare could do well, it was to write immortal literature, and this lesser-known poem is one example. Shakespeare used allegory and elegy to describe complex themes ...
Where to read: You can read “The Bells” at All Poetry. Poe’s unnerving Ligeia is a grotesque short story that blurs ... that the story was Poe’s example of a parody or a pastiche, but ...
The very definition of “lyric,” in the Oxford Dictionary, indicates that the word cannot be satisfactorily defined:— Lyric: Now the name for short poems, usually divided into stanzas or ...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 NCW Illustrated Poem Contest! As part of NCW 2023 , students from grades K-12 were invited to share their interpretation of this year's theme, "The Healing ...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW) Illustrated Poem Contest! As part of CCEW 2024, students from grades K-12 were invited to share their interpretation of ...