Poetry
222. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” is a poem by William Butler Yeats.
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221. Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
Visual media often enhance the meaning of a poem in ways we could never fully understand by reading...
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220. Those that I fight, I do not hate
The war is ongoing – two major ones and several smaller ones.
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219. The movie ended without the final kiss
It is a prayer—a prayer in which he sees a woman exploited by capitalism in this life, and liberated...
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218. my love, if you die and I don’t die
Enjoy these moments and explore that fairy tale world, the final sanctuary for lovers.
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217. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead
James Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston,
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216. all my long life, I have remembered them
Today, I received a haunting poem by Emily Vargas-Baron in the mail.
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215. Life’s a riddle – give it up
Persian lyric poet Hafiz (1310-1390) is one of the most renowned poets of Persian literature.
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214. A moment of happiness
Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, scholar of Islam, and Sufi mystic.
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213. The future of the world is peace
I have absolutely no idea who Mary Edwards Walker is.
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212. Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Iran holds the record for the second-shortest national anthem in the world, after the Japanese natio...
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211. Qualified to live among your dead
Poet, essayist, and novelist Alice Walker is a renowned American writer celebrated for her feminism...
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