“The Sea Eats the Land at Home” by Kofi Awoonor is a contemporary poem about a tropical cyclone ravishing a town and the devastation it caused. Awoonor discusses the sea, the religious aspects of the happening, and the people the… Continue Reading
“Afternoon with Irish Cows” by Billy Collins is a contemporary humorous free style poem with a mixed rhythm, meter, and no rhyme similar to the style of “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House”. It is… Continue Reading
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson aka Lord Tennyson was originally published on December 9, 1854 in “The Examiner” but underwent several revisions throughout his lifetime. He wrote this poem as a remembrance of… Continue Reading
“Bayonet Charge” by Ted Hughes was originally published in the 1957 collection of poems “Hawk in the Rain”. Hughes wrote this poem, with inspiration from Charge of the Light Brigade as a remembrance to his father, uncle, and family friends… Continue Reading
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll was originally published in the 1871 novel “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There”. Let’s take a gander at a summary of this nonsense poem and then discuss it through a line-by-line analysis.
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a poem commonly known as “The Daffodils”. Let’s take a moment and go over a summary of the poem and then discuss it through a line-by-line analysis. Summary This poem… Continue Reading
“Ode to the Tomato” is a poem written by Pablo Neruda. The original Spanish title is “Oda al Tomate”. Let’s take a look at a summary and analysis of the poem and then read a translation written by Gary R.… Continue Reading
“Growth” is a poem written for Valentine’s Day during the year 2018. Time has come and gone so quickly, and everything changes. There’s not much which can be said about the poem in terms of overall meaning. It speaks for… Continue Reading
“Christmas Imagined” is a poem by Gary R. Hess that was written to signify what the author truly wants for Christmas. It’s difficult, however, when the author lives in a different country, especially when there’s not even snow! But what… Continue Reading
“The Eclipse” is a poem to memorialize the total solar eclipse that occurred on August 21, 2017, across the United States. Sadly, I wasn’t able to view it as I’m half-way across the world. Nonetheless, it brought back great memories… Continue Reading