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Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
"The Hollow Men" (1925) is a poem by the modernist writer T. S. Eliot. Like much of his work, its themes are overlapping and fragmentary, concerned with post–World War I Europe under the Treaty of Versailles, hopelessness, religious conversion, redemption and, some critics argue, his failing marriage with Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot. [2]
"I know every morning when I get up and write a poem that I am still alive, too," writes Jane Yolen, author of more than 450 books. Poetry from Daily Life: A poem a day is good practice — and ...
Easy, times easy, is still easy; Early marriage, earlier pregnant; Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise; Enough is as good as a feast; Even a worm will turn; Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom; Every cloud has a silver lining
First published as number 208 in the verse collection Hesperides (1648), the poem extols the notion of carpe diem, a philosophy that recognizes the brevity of life and the need to live for and in the moment. The phrase originates in Horace's Ode 1.11.
Ronald Reagan was especially fond of this phrase, as he quoted it at least 50 times in various speeches and writings. [9] Reagan first quoted it in his 1964 "A Time for Choosing" speech. [10] He also alluded to it in four of his State of the Union Addresses (1981, [11] 1982, [12] 1984, [13] and 1987 [14]) as well as his Second Inaugural Address ...
Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School. Great Balls of Fire, Padgett's first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1969.
Joolz Denby Denby in Paris, December 2006 Born Julianne Mumford (1955-04-09) 9 April 1955 (age 69) Colchester Other names Julianne Mumford Occupation(s) Poet, author Website https://www.joolzdenby.co.uk Joolz Denby (born Julianne Mumford, 9 April 1955) is an English poet, novelist, artist and tattooist based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Early life Born to an Army family at Colchester Barracks ...