Can anyone recommend an Irish - or even Northern Irish - poem or extract, on the topic of love or romance, that would be suitable to be read out at a civil wedding (ie, no references to God or religion allowed) [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2008 - 7 answers
I need some help finding French poems that meet some specific guidelines. I'm currently in my 5th year of high school French. I'm going to a competition where I'll be reciting some memorized poetry, but I haven't had much luck finding anything good to memorize. I need some suggestions of French poems that are *good*, fairly long but not too long, and use moderately advanced vocabulary. I've looked, but I need some guidance from people who know more about this than me. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 25 answers 
Interested in English language poetry (classical or modern, romantic or political), what can you recommend? [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2007 - 17 answers
aaax / bbbx / cccy / dddy: Is there a particular name for the structure of the poem Slough, by John Betjeman?
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 2 answers
PatronFilter: I'm tired of working for Starbucks. I want to write full time. Help me construct a letter to the opulent to remind them of yesteryear when the arts were supported by benefactors. Help me convince the rich that paying for me to live comfortably will serve humanity. [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2007 - 35 answers
EnglishMajorFilter: Why can't I stand much of the canon? How can I learn to appreciate it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 35 answers
“These far away places with strange-sounding names…” Where is that phrase from?! I have reason to believe it was first written by a romantic poet (possibly Tennyson, Browning, or Arnold) but I can’t beat the answer out of Google.
Thanks to Google, I know that the line is used in a Bing Crosby song. But that’s definitely not the source I’m looking for.
posted on Jan 21, 2007 - 7 answers
I need the text of a poem I can no longer recall, one dedicated to William Everson (Bro. Antoninus). [more inside]
posted on Dec 18, 2006 - 3 answers
I want to write a Christmas-themed essay for my book review blog, and I'm trying to come up with some Christmas lit to review. It might be fun, for instance, to gather together a selection of Christmas tripe such as Santa's Christmas Prayer (link not safe for those who have any literary sensibilities and have just eaten) and go to town on it. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, to write something about Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which Christmas novels/stories/poems do you love and loathe? I don't review movies, so text only please...
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 13 answers
Trying to figure out the name of a poem... it starts something like "no one expects / very much from poets anymore / not flowing prose / or expert sex / or even absentmindedness..." I can't find it anywhere (even the google). Any help?
posted on Aug 24, 2006 - 4 answers
Looking for examples of German anti-war, anti-nazi poetry. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2006 - 4 answers
I am working on translating some of Paul Celan's poems into English. Are there any major differences between my traditional American understanding of poetic analysis and that of German-speaking countries? [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2006 - 5 answers
Imagism experts: why is Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" so widely anthologized? [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2005 - 13 answers
In Weldon Kees' "The Speakers" there are a few references which feel like they should be fairly straightforward, but that I don't understand at all. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 5 answers
Sometime 5-9 years ago, The New Criterion published a poem divided into parts, one of which ended "bones. bones. bones. bones." (each instance of "bones." being on a separate line). I think that section was headed "things that are white" and it included "your smile". Now I can't remember anything else about it. Any leads as to author, text, etc?
posted on Sep 24, 2005 - 5 answers
I'm looking for poetry readings and literary events in London. [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2005 - 3 answers
Napster Vs. Kazaa? Or is there anything better? [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2005 - 23 answers
How did people learn how to write poetry back in the days when rhyme and meter were standard? [mi]
posted on Feb 1, 2005 - 15 answers
