From the earliest moments of human consciousness, our ancestors began telling stories to explain the origins of the universe and the creation of life as we […]
Literary scholars generally agree that Dostoyevsky was one of the greatest novelists who ever lived. High school students may be skeptical of that assessment. But professors […]
The language of poetry is also the language of dreams. Sometimes convoluted, often inscrutable, they echo the voice of the subconscious mind. Speaking through feelings rather […]
When my daughter was about five years old, she turned to me and asked, “Why is there a world.” I didn’t want to insult her intelligence […]
Samuel Johnson first coined the phrase Metaphysical Poetry in around 1780 to describe a very specific group of English poets of the 17th century, chiefly Abraham […]
This set of limericks about soul searching hardly needs an introduction. But I would like to say that soul searching is one of my highest priorities […]