Alicia Ostriker (b. 1937) is a poet from Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of sixteen poetry collections. The Encounter with the Goddess There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling —Robert Graves, “To Juan at the Winter Solstice” That one story worth your telling Is the… (συνέχεια…)
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James Schuyler (1923-1991) was born in Chicago, IL, but he was inspired to write poetry when he moved with his family to East Aurora, NY, when he was 15 years old. However, his first major collection was published when Schuyler was 46 years old. Sunday The mint bed is in bloom: lavender haze day…. (συνέχεια…)
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Stars hung suspended Above a floating yellow moon Two hearts were blended While angels sang a lover’s tune And so we kissed Not knowing if our Hearts could pay the price But heaven welcomed Us to paradise Blessing our love Then came the sunrise Fading the moon And stars from sight Recalling always Our wonderland… (συνέχεια…)
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18 Ιαν 2023
Life’s Most Persistent and Urgent Question
Συντάκτης: Κων/νος Βούλγαρης | Κάτω από: Εκπαίδευση στον 21ο αιώνα“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said this to an audience in Montgomery, Alabama in 1957— and it still rings true today and every day.
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Richard Melville Hall (b. 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist.
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19 Δεκ 2022
Rainy Days and Mondays
Συντάκτης: Κων/νος Βούλγαρης | Κάτω από: Εκπαίδευση στον 21ο αιώναKaren Carpenter (1950-1983)
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Linda Ronstadt (b. 1946)
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MacArthur Park (originally Westlake Park) is a park dating back to the late 19th century in the Westlake neighbourhood of Los Angeles. In the early 1940s, it was renamed after General Douglas MacArthur. The song was written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb—when he was 21 years old!—and first recorded by Irish actor and singer Richard… (συνέχεια…)
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3 Δεκ 2022
Midnight Train to Georgia
Συντάκτης: Κων/νος Βούλγαρης | Κάτω από: Εκπαίδευση στον 21ο αιώναThis Grammy-winning song, which hit number one in October of 1973, is told from the point of view of a woman, whose close friend is giving up on his dreams of Hollywood stardom and heading back home to Georgia. Gladys Knight (b. 1944)
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2 Δεκ 2022
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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James Wright (1927–1980) was an American poet from Martins Ferry, Ohio. He spoke in defence of the lives of the disenfranchised. He is equally well known for his tender depictions of the bleak landscapes of the post-industrial American Midwest. A Blessing Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And… (συνέχεια…)
Michael Donaghy (1954-2004) was a poet and musician, born in New York City to Irish immigrant parents. He grew up in the Bronx. After earning a BA from Fordham University and an MA from the University of Chicago, he moved to London in 1985. Machines Dearest, note how these two are alike: This harpsicord… (συνέχεια…)
Robert Creeley (1926–2005) was a poet born in Arlington, Massachusetts. He grew up in Acton. At the age of two, he lost his left eye. In his later years he was an advocate of, and a mentor to, many younger poets, as well as to others outside of the poetry world. Kore… (συνέχεια…)
Robert Bly (1926-2021) was a poet, essayist, and activist from Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. The Buried Train Tell me about the train that people say got buried By the avalanche—was it snow? It was In Colorado, and no one saw it happen. There was smoke from the engine curling up Lightly through fir… (συνέχεια…)
Russell Edson (1935-2014) was a poet, novelist, and illustrator from Connecticut. The Floor The floor is something we must fight against. Whilst seemingly mere platform for the human stance, it is that place that men fall to. I am not dizzy. I stand as a tower, a lighthouse; the pale ray of my… (συνέχεια…)
William Bronk (1918-1999) was a poet from Fort Edward, New York. For his book, Life Supports (1981), he won the National Book Award for Poetry. The Smile on the Face of a Kouros This boy, of course, was dead, whatever that might mean. And nobly dead. I think we should feel he was nobly… (συνέχεια…)
Denise Duhamel (b. 1961) is a poet from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She received a BFA degree from Emerson College and an MFA degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Yes According to Culture Shock: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette of Filipinos, when my husband says yes, he could also mean one of the following: a.) I… (συνέχεια…)
Jack Prelutsky (b. 1940) is a children’s poet from Brooklyn, New York. Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens Last night I dreamed of chickens, there were chickens everywhere, they were standing on my stomach, they were nesting in my hair, they were pecking at my pillow, they were hopping on my head, they were… (συνέχεια…)
Linda Pastan (b. 1932) was raised in New York City but has lived for most of her life in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. She has published 15 books of poetry and a number of essays. A New Poet Finding a new poet is like finding a new wildflower out in… (συνέχεια…)
