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Cat in an Empty Apartment (Polish: Kot w pustym mieszkaniu) is a poem by the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska. It was written after the death of her partner, the Polish writer Kornel Filipowicz, who died in February 1990. At the center of the poem is a house cat waiting in an abandoned apartment
The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside. Notorious American poetaster Julia A. Moore publishes her second collection, A Few Choice Words to the Public , but unlike her bestseller of 1876 , The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public , it finds few buyers.
Kendrew Lascelles (pronounced Lassels; 20 September 1935 – 1 March 2022 [1]) was an English-born actor, performer and writer from South Africa. [2] His works are known for raising the profile of issues of major social conscience, particularly Apartheid and the Vietnam War.
Pandora's box is an artefact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem Works and Days. [1] Hesiod related that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing curses upon mankind.
"Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe "Alone" is a 22-line poem originally written in 1829, and left untitled and unpublished during Poe's lifetime.The original manuscript was signed "E. A. Poe" and dated March 17, 1829. [1]
Joe Pintauro was born on November 22, 1930, in Queens, New York.His father, Aniello Pintauro, was a cabinetmaker, and his mother was Carmela (Iovino) Pintauro. [1] He had two older siblings, a brother named Anthony (Tony) who was three years older and a sister named Mildred who was fifteen years older. [2]
The song was expanded into a 3-verse poem by Young E. Allison, titled "Derelict", published in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1891. [8] [1] Other variations of the poem were printed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that claimed to be folklore, but in reality were nothing more than new extensions from Stevenson's original. [9]
A gloomy looking forest ranger with a gun offers himself as a companion. Having figured out there should be a lot of money with the men whose boxes are empty, he kills and robs them. Later in the village's pothouse he launches a spree and inadvertently lets his story out. The police arrives, the murderer is arrested, the dead bodies are found. [8]