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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 707 of 784
What is love, but an emotion,So strong and so pure,That nurtured and shared with anotherAll tests it will endure?What is love, but a forceTo bring the mighty low,With the strength to shame the mountainsAnd halt time's ceaseless flow?What is love, but a triumph,A glorious goal attained,The union of two souls, two heartsA bond ... More..
Arts & Humanities > British Authors Should Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, have announced that the character Albus Dumbledore was gay?: 22 of 23
In the wake of author J.K. Rowling's appearance at Carnegie Hall last Friday, Harry Potter fans are left reeling from the shot heard 'round the literary world.During her fateful stop in New York, the last in her U.S. tour, Rowling read from her most recent book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and answered a number of q... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle: 207 of 215
Failed PerseusWhat twistof pale fatehas wrought such misfortune?Poised, in mid-stride,seemingly on the vergeof flight,or perhaps caught,stealthily creepingtoward some lostgoal, now unattainable,there he stands,a failedPerseus, turnednot to stone,but towood. More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Drug addiction: 299 of 302
Mocha SkiesSmooth and rich,like sweet ambrosia of the godsraining hot lucidity,coffee fills me until I brimwith consciousness.My mind oncefettered by fatigue,distraction,soars through mocha skiesand hazel clouds of caffeinated vaporthat diffuse among my neurons,rendering all things lustrousand clarion. More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Family: 41 of 41
Dust and Evergreen It has been said that smell is the sense that is most capable of sparking one's memory, of rekindling the bright points of one's experience that had been thought forgotten. Memories that may have been lost again rise from the ashes of the mind and burst alight, evoking tears, fond thoughts, or joy from some... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Reflections on The Communist Manifesto: 12 of 12
The literary instinct, or the often insuppressible urge to formulate concepts into written word, is universal to all cultures with a written language system. From the earliest epochs of recorded history, mankind has recorded thoughts and emotions into writing in an effort to affect its surroundings, and thereby enact a desir... More..
Arts & Humanities > British Literature Book reviews: Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens: 5 of 5
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is the deep and moving story of the life of a boy named Pip, and follows him through his young life. At the opening of the book, we find Pip as a young boy, parentless. His parents and siblings having passed away through reasons unknown to the reader, he was left to his sister, known as M... More..
Arts & Humanities > British Literature Literary analysis: Troilus and Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer: 3 of 3
Throughout Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, various recurring themes are manifested. While not original literary device's of Chaucer's own design, these themes are rendered in the unique style that defines Chaucer's works. Nowhere is this trend better represented than in the proem to Book II. Chaucer's choice to begi... More..
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) Why video games will eclipse the film industry: 2 of 2
In its thirteen days in release, American Gangster has dominated the box office, bringing in over $85 million - an impressive figure - that is until you consider Activision's $115 million in first week sales of Guitar Hero III, and Bungie's $170 million in first day sales of Halo 3.The numbers speak for themselves: The winds ... More..
Education > High School Math & Sciences Studies suggest that algebra and higher math instruction should be delayed until high school and beyond: 2 of 2
"Why am I taking Calculus?" This is one common and irksome question posed by many students, myself included, be they first year students or upperclassmen, and is especially prevalent among those of seemingly unrelated majors, such as biology. Before actually considering the course, I just could not comprehend what benefit I ... More..