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Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", also known simply as "Fleas", is a couplet commonly cited as the shortest poem ever written, composed by American poet Strickland Gillilan in the early 20th century. [1] The poem reads in full:
Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIII. Songs of Parting) ; The Patriotic Poems IV (Poems of Democracy) 1865 Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours " Yet, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also," Leaves of Grass (Book XXX. Whispers of Heavenly Death) 1860 Yonnondio " A song, a poem of itself—the word itself a dirge," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy)
"To Science", or "Sonnet – To Science", is a traditional 14-line English sonnet which says that science is the enemy of the poet because it takes away the mysteries of the world. Poe was concerned with the recent influx of modern science and social science and how it potentially undermined spiritual beliefs.
This is a list of English poems over 1000 lines. This list includes poems that are generally identified as part of the long poem genre, being considerable in length, and with that length enhancing the poems' meaning or thematic weight. This alphabetical list is incomplete, as the label of long poem is selectively and inconsistently applied in ...
The poem was first performed at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955. [14] Ginsberg had not originally intended the poem for performance. The reading was conceived by Wally Hedrick—a painter and co-founder of the Six—who approached Ginsberg in mid-1955 and asked him to organize a poetry reading at the Six Gallery.
1950 (best known date) Collected Poems 1988: Spring: 1950-05-19: The Less Deceived: Spring Warning: 1940–04 (best known date) Collected Poems 1988: A Stone Church Damaged by a Bomb: 1943-06 (best known date) Collected Poems 2003: Story: 1941-02-13: Collected Poems 2003: Strangers: 1950-05-20: Collected Poems 1988: Street Lamps: 1939-09 (best ...
An online system named ePathshala, a joint initiative of NCERT and Ministry of Education, has been developed for broadcasting educational e-schooling resources including textbooks, audio, video, publications, and a variety of other print and non-print elements, [18] ensuring their free access through mobile phones and tablets (as EPUB) and from ...
Rashmi Parekh (born 1976), poet of free verse poetry; Robin S Ngangom, poet writing in English; Rukmini Bhaya Nair, poet and theorist, writing in English; Salik Shah, poet, author, editor and publisher in English; Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), eminent poet, freedom fighter and administrator writing in English; Shahzad A. Rizvi (born 1937 ...