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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Mother: 5 of 213
Creative PulseIn the room of windowson the second floor of my mother'srented houseamid photographs, paints and palateseasels and studies,stands the sketch of Mary Thomas,my mother's mother. I live far away from my mother nowand see the sketch only occasionally,each time appreciating its evolution.My mother works in pencilfrom... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Music: 9 of 153
Born BlueJazz notes are born bluefrom the pregnant tones of Coltrane's saxthe turgid tunes of Hawkins' horn and theexperienced rasp of Billie's song;lift above the "F" line, as inEvery Good Boy Does Fineto leap and swing with brine-bodiesand smoke-blue explosive reverberationsin every hue at home in mind groovessettle on the ... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Shakespeare's portrayal of women: 3 of 27
The Paradigm of Extremes:The Role of Women in Shakespeare's PlaysThe paradigm implied by Jean de la Bruyere's quote, that "women run to extremes," manifests in the two near-opposite characters of Hermione, from the romance of "The Winter's Tale," and Lady Macbeth from the tragedy of "Macbeth," wherein the first is martyred fo... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My favorite place: 17 of 53
Tuptim Thaifresh flowers rest in simple vases upon each tableeven on cold october dayslong-stemmed marigolds bob cheerful orangewhite and yellow daisies waft fresh-scent greenabsent shakers for pepper or salt, absent the bottles of soyabsent the demure carnation pinks and laden rose redschina white porcelain rimmed in gold, c... More..
Arts & Humanities > Playwrights & Plays McCarthyism and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller: 3 of 8
"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller was written during the early Red Scare stages of the McCarthy era. In the long tradition of ritual storytelling, this play is Miller's response to the current social climate affecting him. It is an explanation of current atrocities as drawn from the events of the past. American history and lite... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Edgar Allan Poe: Style exposing the dark side of the soul: 2 of 5
Adam Smith and Poe's "The Black Cat"Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," focuses on human sympathy as a primary source of strong emotional responses in humans. In studying the behavioral patterns manifest in human interaction, Smith theorizes that people generally find it most difficult to sympathize with those who ... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Literary analysis: The unknown in the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson: 1 of 2
Literary Response: Emily Dickinson's After Great Pain A Formal Feeling Comes Most critical explications of Emily Dickinson's poem, After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes, acknowledge it as a description of emotions felt after great pain is experienced. Though there has been little conjecture over the source or type of pain ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Biography: W.H. Auden: 1 of 1
W.H. AudenA Brief Biography Wystan Hugh Auden was a well-known and influential Anglo-American writer of poetry, drama, libretto and other letters, who wrote prolifically from approximately 1928 until his death in 1973. Born third son to George Augustus Auden and Constance Rosalie Bicknell on February 21st, 1907, Wystan had "h... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: When the Heart Waits, by Sue Monk Kidd: 1 of 1
When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred QuestionsBy Sue Monk Kidd I was first drawn to When the Heart Waits for its author, Sue Monk Kidd, whose previous works (The Secret Life of Bees) I have read and who I know to be of best-seller caliber. But I was also drawn to the book's apt title, for I often feel a... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Poetry analysis: From Oxford to Spain, by W.H. Auden: 1 of 1
Summary and Response"W.H. Auden, from Spain to Oxford"by Sean Grass Sean Grass brings to light the relative neglect by critics of Auden's poem "Oxford" as opposed to their thorough treatment of "Spain 1937," and further suggests that critical oversight of these poems' similarities in terms of their chronological and thematic... More..