One morning, almost exactly four years ago, I woke up early and when I looked out of my window, I discovered a world covered with glittering shards of ice. The dazzling sight enticed me to go out of my warm house into the clear, cold morning, and I had a memorable experience capturing as many […]
poetry
Poem of the Week: Evening Star by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry rings with genius – I love the musical sound of it. In order for me to like poetry, it has to have rhyme and meter – I don’t tend to go for the stuff that isn’t very structured. I love the challenge of saying what you want to say in a […]
Introducing: Poem of the Week
I never used like poetry. I thought it was schmaltzy. But then one day I read a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, and I discovered that it contained not a speck of schmaltz, but rather was musical and folksy, and I liked it. With that beginning, my opinion of poetry gradually changed and I learned […]