Have A Nice Day, By Spike Milligan Have A Nice Day, By Spike Milligan This poem uses an odd process of wording to depict a bizarre situation that proved fatal for both involved individuals.
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud, By William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud, By William Wordsworth Wordsworth’s best-known work was inspired by an event in which he and his sister Dorothy came across a “long belt” of daffodils.
Episode #61: Trash Talking Overrated Classic Novels Episode #61: Trash Talking Overrated Classic Novels An episode discussing some of the most overrated novels in literary history.
He And She, By Anton Chekhov He And She, By Anton Chekhov This story analyzes one married couple, a sensational singer and her manager-husband in late-nineteenth-century Europe.
Fire And Ice, By Robert Frost Fire And Ice, By Robert Frost This is one of Robert Frost’s most popular poems. It was published in December 1920 in Harper’s Magazine and in 1923 in his Pulitzer Prize−winning book New Hampshire.
The Last Ride Together, By Robert Browning The Last Ride Together, By Robert Browning Robert Browning’s tribute to his wife, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, before her death in 1861.
Over The Hills And Far Away, By Mary Webb Over The Hills And Far Away, By Mary Webb Mary Webb’s work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew.
Mock Orange, By Louise Glück Mock Orange, By Louise Glück In “Mock Orange” the female flesh interferes with the speaker’s search for a desired full presence or wholeness.
The Bowmen, By Arthur Machen The Bowmen, By Arthur Machen Faced with inevitable death and defeat in WWI, a battalion of English soldiers is saved by the mysterious and miraculous.
One Art, By Elizabeth Bishop One Art, By Elizabeth Bishop this poem was originally published in The New Yorker in 1976. Later that same year, Bishop included the poem in her book Geography III.