poetry

I thought this was a good companion thread to "Who's Your Favorite Painter." I've got a degree in English and I concentrated primarily on the Romantic Period poets. I love poetry in general though and my list of favorite poets can be long and tedious, so I'll try to shorten it for the...

Looks like homeopathy might have found some rhyme (but still no reason). See PubMed: Homeopathy and Poetry: An exploration Homeopathy, 2006 Jan;95(1):20-7

Life is like An empty Underground train Clattering Through the night past deserted stations Lit for a minute As the train speeds by Then all is silence Darkness again. :p

"The Sceptic" by Felicia Hemans recently come to my attention. It's too long to quote (over 500 lines decrying our horrible nature and condemning us to hell, no less!) - but I include a link to both the poem and an analysis. http://www.hobby-o.com/hemans.php I found the title and subject...

At the risk of sending fellow moderators to hospital (tell me if the food is any good there, Merc and Darat), I thought I'd google the term with some hesitation over the likely plethora of 'informative' pop-up boxes all over my screen... I found the following: David Lehman's 'Ode To...

We've talked about must have books, how about must read poems? I realize that fewer people have a favorite poem, but it might be an interesting survey. I had to think for a while about mine; there are so many I truly love. Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold, Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark...

Here's a set of seven stylized ones: #1 My Astrologer told me I would soon be wed. The Bloody Liar! #2 Everytime I pray to Ra, the God of the Sun, my retina burns. #3 She has quite a gift - she often talks to the dead. They never reply. #4 After some Reiki my soul feels light and buoyant. As...

Upon Renata’s request, I’m starting a thread on the poetry that some of us recited at Paltalk on April 2nd. I recited two poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, considered to be one of the best Brazilian poets of all time. It’s a household name, and despite everybody liking him (from the general...

MAybe not... I got an e-mail from our tech support staff asking for help with support for a fellow who's trying to interface to an API I wrote with Java. Here's part of his e-mail as it came to me: So naturally I saw this as a challenge and did him one better: Ahhh... fun at work.

http://r33t.org/r33t_haiku.php

Hi everyone, I was wondering about this earlier this week. As I don't speak any other languages or hear them very often, does anyone know of another language that rhymes the way english does? For example, the lyrics in songs usually have rhyming words at the end of the sentences, as does a lot...