To each of us you reveal yourself differently,To the ship as coast lineTo the shore as ship. Rainer Maria Rilke Narnia is one of the children’s classics that you either read when you were young or you will never read again. If you want to learn more and have an honest and informed opinion, you are in the right place. …
Roses, rooted warm in earth,Bud in rhyme, another age;Lilies know a ghostly birthStrewn along a patterned page;Golden lad and chimbley sweepDie; and so their song shall keep./ Dorothy Parker Many people turn to television as soon as they have a moment of rest and relaxation. Whether regular channels, Netflix or Disney+, the certain thing is that every day millions of …
A thousand times ten thousand timesMore swift than the sun’s swift lightWere the Morning Wings in their flightOn – On –West of the Universe,Thro’ the WestTo Chaos-night. The Journey Starts Swiftly by Vachel Lindsay I love to read and I enjoy sharing this love with others.Like all things, the hard part is often getting started. In this article, I will …
I died for Beauty – but was scarceAdjusted in the TombWhen One who died for Truth was lainIn an adjoining Room – Emily Dickinson Reading opens up many worlds. It brings you closer to folklore, back to the classics and often makes you take an interest in history. Another side effect is that it pushes you towards a certain style. …
There are cemeteries that are lonely,graves full of bones that do not make a sound,the heart moving through a tunnel,in it darkness, darkness, darkness,like a shipwreck we die going into ourselves,as though we were drowning inside our hearts,as though we lived falling out of the skin into the soul. “NOTHING but death” by PABLO NERUDA How the story started I, …
O to sail in a ship, To leave this steady unendurable land, To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets, the sidewalks and the houses, To leave you, O you solid motionless land, and entering a ship, To sail and sail and sail! Walt Whitman Whenever I scroll through Tiktok and come across breathtaking landscapes, my mind immediately flies to the many literary realms set in …
…And I serve the Fairy Queen,To dew her orbs upon the green;The cowslips tall her pensioners be;In their gold coats spots you see;Those be rubies, fairy favours;In those freckles live their savours;I must go seek some dewdrops here,And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. William Shakespeare When we lose ourselves between the pages of a book, especially a fantasy …
Fog on her glassesFrom her still steaming teaA book in her hand as she casually reads.A catch in her breath As the climax grows near-She’s deaf to the world;The book’s all she can hear.She’s completely lost nowOr perhaps she is foundIn this strange paper worldthat’s far from the ground. We are often surprised when we discover that our favourite series or …
They shut me up in Prose —As when a little GirlThey put me in the Closet —Because they liked me ‘still’ — Emily dickinson In a perfect world we should all be feminists, we should all desire equality, we should all want a fair and just life. Many people often confuse feminists with misandrics, the difference is simple; misandrics hate …