Search

Search results

Displaying 301 - 310

Bienvenido Santos Biography

Bienvenido Santos novelist, poet, activistBorn: 3/22/1911Birthplace: Manila, Philippines A novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist, Santos's early writings were in the English…

Walt Whitman: Book XXXI, Part 3

Part 3Brain of the New World, what a task is thine, To formulate the Modern—out of the peerless grandeur of the modern, Out of thyself, comprising science, to recast poems, churches, art, (…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Retrospect

by EmilyDickinsonSleepingEternityRetrospect Retrospect 'T was just this time last year I died. I know I heard the corn, When I was carried by the farms, — It had the tassels on. I…

Super-sized Americans

Many Americans eat too much and don’t exercise enough. If you have a hard time believing that, look around. About 16% of kids ages 12 to 19 are obese and 30% are overweight. As for adults, 31% are…

Musicians and Dancers

Adele Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…

John Keats: Song

The PoetA Song About MyselfSong I O blush not so! O blush not so! Or I shall think you knowing; And if you smile the blushing while, Then maidenheads are going. II There’s a blush…

Sara Teasdale: In a Garden

In a GardenThe world is resting without sound or motion, Behind the apple tree the sun goes down Painting with fire the spires and the windows In the elm-shaded town.Beyond the calm…