Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. Acclaimed Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899.

This poem contrasts sharply with the more grounded and practical “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” However, it is still a quintessential love poem, capturing the essence of ...

That sentiment makes this one of the best short poems of all time. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of ...

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Finally, in 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law to found the National Archives, whose responsibilities would come to ...

The Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross is celebrated each year on September 14. The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus ...

For example, a happy poem might have short, bouncy lines. In this extract from the poem Aliens Stole My Underpants, Brian Moses uses a catchy rhyme and beat to suggest a funny tale being told ...

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...

But in that same poem I stopped in my tracks at this line: “What gazed back at Nietzsche was in fact Abyssinia/now he’d gazed so long into the abyss.” Gazing into the abyss? I know the feeling.

Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run races on outdoor courses over natural terrain. Races shall be run over courses confined, to the extent possible, to open country, ...

It seems like I've been cross-stitching my whole life. I really enjoy this type of creativity. Recently, I found myself ...

Shares of Micron Technology Inc. slumped Monday, just as a longer-term bearish chart pattern appeared for the first time in more than two years — a warning that losses could start accelerating ...