Although summer isn’t quite over for most students, I thought I would get a head start on welcoming everyone back to school (or even those who are still going, like those of you in year-round states or the southern hemisphere). Either way, here is a list of my top 10 back to school poems: 10. [...]
Reading and writing poetry may not be a daily activity for many, but the art form has more to offer than most realize. Even the most educated man or woman can learn something from poetry. Here are seven things poetry can teach us about life: Be unique. What it means: Sometimes we are too focused [...]
Image by Capture Queen Beauty is not but skin deep, what you have is what you keep. Cosmetics and surgery change the dermis, not inner grace. We are born who we are and beauty is within. It may not be the best poem, especially in comparison to such a great image, but the meaning is [...]
As we are just beginning the middle of summer I thought it would be appropriate to list my top 10 favorite summer poems. Although I’m not particularly an Emily Dickinson fan, there aren’t too many poems about summer out there (at least not classic poems). Also, I realize she has tons of fans, so she [...]
I’ve been an avid user of StumbleUpon for about 2 1/2 years now. Their toolbar is the very first I install on any new computer and the only one I recommend–Yahoo? Google? Bleh, they have nothing on SU. StumbleUpon is a great time killer and way of finding new content. Anyway, here is my salute [...]
My favorite baseball team and sports team all around is the Kansas City Royals. They have been through many tough years of late, with only one winning season since 1994. I was too young when the Royals won the World Series in 1985, so most of my memories are full of losing. But, I still [...]
One of my favorite poems I have written is Horrid House. I wrote it somewhere around seven years ago, so I decided to revamp the writing and add a bit more to the story. Also, this will be my first podcast, so if you feel up to listening, enjoy!
Sometimes poetry just doesn’t go well with all types of emotions. For example, when I am happy I don’t care to read anything depressing. Why would I? I am happy, I don’t want to be sad. The same goes for other feelings as well. Here is a graph of my poetry enjoyment level per emotion: [...]
I’m generally off and on with writing poetry. Whenever there is an event or happening in my life it can inspire poetry. Here are my steps to poetry heaven: Luckily the top step has only occurred in a very, very slight way a long, long time ago. What do your steps to poetry heaven look [...]
poem for 4th of July on this independence day, we remember the years past. we honor this very day for our flag, old glory, has last. on this independence day, two centuries ago, we declared our independence for justice and liberty. on this independence day, a war began with writing; John Hancock signed the paper, [...]
