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Ayyappan is well known for his heart touching poems and his bohemian lifestyle. Ayyappan, who got intoxicated by the creativity of turning the pain of the homeless into poetry, slept on shop verandas and wrote poems – which were untainted depiction of life. In his own words, destitution and insecurity transformed him into a poet.
Sīne mālāmāl-e dard ast ("My heart is brimful of pain") is a nine-verse ghazal (love-song) by the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez of Shiraz. It is no. 470 in the edition by Muhammad Qazvini and Qasem Ghani (1941) and 461 in the edition of Parviz Natel-Khanlari (1983). In this poem, Hafez describes the torments of his desire for love and ...
Arms of Beaumont: Azure semée of fleurs-de-lis, a lion rampant or [1] Sir John Beaumont, 1st Baronet (c.1582/3 – April 1627) of Grace Dieu in the parish of Belton in Leicestershire, England, was a poet best known for his work Bosworth Field (a poem about the Battle of Bosworth Field).
Poems of terrible sadness and loss trouble and challenge us, but they also make us feel less alone and more connected. Our own desolations become more recognizable to us, more articulate ...
The post has been liked more than 700,000 times. Followers commended the poet for putting their feelings of grief, fear and anger into words. "Grateful for your words when words feel impossible ...
Sonnet 141 is the informal name given to the 141st of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets.The theme of the sonnet is the discrepancy between the poet's physical senses and wits (intellect) on the one hand and his heart on the other.
Longfellow wrote the poem shortly after completing lectures on German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and was heavily inspired by him. He was also inspired to write it by a heartfelt conversation he had with friend and fellow professor at Harvard University Cornelius Conway Felton; the two had spent an evening "talking of matters, which lie near one's soul:–and how to bear one's self ...
Illustration, c. 1901, by W. E. F. Britten. "Sir Galahad" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, and published in his 1842 collection of poetry.It is one of his many poems that deal with the legend of King Arthur, and describes Galahad experiencing a vision of the Holy Grail.