Annapolis Movie Review

movies — Gary R. Hess @ 3:56 pm on Feb 18, 2009

Last night I watched the film Annapolis, a film which I have heard mixed reviews about. Honestly, it wasn’t anything that I was expecting. The trailer actually shows a

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The Transporter Movie Review

movies — Gary R. Hess @ 10:43 pm on Dec 3, 2008

At first, I was hesitant to watch The Transporter. It isn’t quite a cult film, but it is close to it. There are several acquaintances who absolutely love the

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Halloween Poems: Sonnet 100 by Lord Brooke Fulke Greville

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 4:16 pm on Oct 29, 2008

In night when colors all to black are cast,
Distinction lost, or gone down with the light;
The eye a watch to inward senses placed,
Not seeing, yet still having powers of

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Halloween Poems: The Hag by Robert Herrick

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 7:03 am on Oct 28, 2008

The Hag is astride,
This night for to ride;
The Devill and shee together:
Through thick, and through thin,

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Profile: Maya Angelou

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 7:56 am on Oct 15, 2008

Born: April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Ann Johnson

Nationality: United States

Magnum Opus: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Die (1971)

Influences: Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edger Allan

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Nasty Poets Write the Best Poetry

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 7:46 am on Oct 7, 2008

Why is it that the nastiest poets write the best poetry? I noticed this first while reading through biographies of many top classical poets: Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats,

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Poetic Images: With this Pen

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 8:38 am on Sep 30, 2008

Image by Paul Worthington

With this pen I thee write
with notes and words which are never right
this paper lasts a hundred years
my heart pumps a thousand tears
when dusk has come

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Poems Starting with Roses are Red

poetry — Gary R. Hess @ 8:10 am on Sep 25, 2008

Roses are red refers to a class of doggerel poems (meaning, poems that have little literary value). The poem is:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet;
And so are you

The

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Five Unpublished Dr. Seuss Books

books — Gary R. Hess @ 8:39 am on Sep 19, 2008

Everyone loves Dr. Seuss, but it is a little known fact many of his books didn’t make it to the printing press. In his early years, Dr. Seuss struggled

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Top 10 Favorite Dr. Seuss Books

books — Gary R. Hess @ 8:30 am on Sep 17, 2008

Dr. Seuss is famous for providing appealing books that are both educational and entertaining. All of Dr. Seuss’s works are great for beginning readers and read-alouds and are preferred

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