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Baker Of The West
Greenish grass and barely occupied, A space without a place to rest, Another way across the great divide, On a journey from the North of West. Is like an island the North West. It writes a letter from a Poet…
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James James Morrison Morrison – Was A A Milne Predicting a Trend?
Disobedience, otherwise known as James James Morrison Morrison was published in When We Very Young…
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Interrogating Amiri Baraka’s Poem "Something in the Way of Things" (In Town)
Amiri Baraka’s poem ‘Something in the way of things (In Town)’ clearly manifests Baraka’s quest…
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Countee Cullen – An Authoritative, Prolific and Strident Poetic Voice From the Harlem Renaissance
Countee Cullen an American Romantic poet following the model of the English Romantic poet, John…
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Love is Not Love – In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, Anyway
Sonnets 18 and 116 are two of Shakespeare’s most quotable love poems. If you’re a…
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Lines and Squares – A A Milne Chronicles the Children’s Game
Most of us, if you say ‘bear’ and ‘A. A. Milne’ would come up with Winnie the Pooh, otherwise known as Edward Bear who seems to be fond of honey and sitting halfway down the stairs, along with Christopher Robin.…
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Poet Or Story-Teller?
The Poet is a rare animal, they are the conduit for lost Souls, forgotten Souls,…
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Mediaeval Baebes, Worldes Blysse (1998): Song Meanings and Origins
The Mediaeval Baebes are the first name on the lips of every music lover who…
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Physical and Metaphorical Walls in Poetry – "Mending Wall" and "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock"
“Good fences makes good neighbors” is an old British proverb that Robert Frost revitalized in…
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Separation Poem
“Separation” A thousand voices suddenly quieted Snuffed out like a candle before bedtime The silent…
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Urdu – The Origin and History of the Language
The term ‘Urdu’ and its origin The term Urdu derives from a Turkish word ordu meaning camp or army. The Urdu language developed between the Muslim soldiers of the Mughals armies who belonged to various ethnicities like Turks, Arabs, Persians,…