Sentences with phrase «as poems about»

They contain no words but act as poems about nature which enable the viewer to experience a place in a symbolic way.

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Thus his poems, which are ordered toward rendering the truth of things as they are, are quite different from his prose, which is governed by his consciously formulated ideas about how things ought to be.

We would concur with Mr Bogle about the excesses of feminism, as we expect would the poem's author, given its traditional familial focus.

And as we both now stand before this miracle, whose solemn silence can not be perturbed by human wrangling over mine and thine, whose awe - inspiring speech infinitely subdues all human strife about mine and thine, forgive me, I pray, the strange delusion that I was the author of this poem.

Robert Burns has a telling picture of such a nightly experience in his poem about the Scots peasant on Saturday, preparing for the observance of the next day as the time for worship and rest: The Cotter's Saturday Night.

I'll never forget feeling the tension in the classroom as he went into detail about the real meaning of the poem.

But part of the answer may be his sense of private language, as reflected in his longest poem by far, «The Secret Language of Women,» about the Chinese women who found a way to communicate with their sisters in spite of the Maoist revolution and all the powers of earth.

After all, Kees wrote a number of poems about a fictive alter ego under that pseudonym, an alter ego Astrue has described as merely some «mysterious, detached, urbane figure»:

These can be as simple as the Scandinavian belief in vaettir (nature spirits) or as complex as the poems and songs about the Aesi that were written and are still sung and performed in Iceland.

Writing about «Harbor Seals,» also from The Theology of Doubt, Holden said the poem «charms the reader, even as it tempts the reader into a corner... that will require the reader to make a moral choice as well as to reconsider many other kinds of choices about what to «believe.»

There are as many ways of going about this as there are Christian poets, for what a lyric poem offers is a personal focus, and what we get from various poems is what Philip Wheelwright calls «perspectival individuality» on reality.3.

Normally, I wouldn't choose the book of Revelation as 2:00 a.m. reading material, but all night long I'd been chasing the broken pieces of a prophecy around my head — something about tribes and tongues and nations, verses I knew but couldn't quite remember, like a poem with missing syllables or a song with forgotten words.

Without significant dissent scholars have long regarded it not only as the oldest extant poem of any considerable length in the Old Testament, but also as the work of, if not an eye - witness, then one who was nevertheless close to the event and intimately informed about it.

In that kind of cosmos a poem about the sun's standing still can come to be taken as literal fact; Elijah can be carried up from earth to heaven in a chariot of fire; Jesus can be pictured as ascending from the earth to the sky by physical levitation, and his second coming can be pictured as a physical return from the firmament to earth.

«We've always used that poem as our point of reference, to remember what we are, who we are, to keep our values straight and to think about where we're going,» says Upshaw.

This poem offers an indirect way of talking about the role that caution and with holding can be used as a defense against disappointment of being hurt.

What it is: As much love poem to the meadow as it is how - to manual, «The American Meadow Garden» spells out everything, including what you need to know about ornamental grasses from Achnatherum to Vetiveria zizanioides, and which ferns (or poppies or daisies or sages or buttercups or even bulbs) to consider for your meadoAs much love poem to the meadow as it is how - to manual, «The American Meadow Garden» spells out everything, including what you need to know about ornamental grasses from Achnatherum to Vetiveria zizanioides, and which ferns (or poppies or daisies or sages or buttercups or even bulbs) to consider for your meadoas it is how - to manual, «The American Meadow Garden» spells out everything, including what you need to know about ornamental grasses from Achnatherum to Vetiveria zizanioides, and which ferns (or poppies or daisies or sages or buttercups or even bulbs) to consider for your meadow.

Her poem Embarrassed, about her own experiences of breastfeeding in public, which also touched on issues such as the aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes and the unnecessary death and suffering this causes, has been viewed over seven million times online.

We received the Barefoot Book of Classic Poems as a gift last Christmas and I can not say enough about the quality of poetry selections, the illustrations and the feel good nature of -LSB-...]

The most famous of the naturals was the Russian journalist S. V. Shereshevski, who could recall long lists of numbers memorized decades earlier, as well as poems, strings of nonsense syllables, and just about anything else he was asked to remember.

Smith suggests redirecting the focus as best you can with news (about a friend's baby, a promotion), show - and - tell (a copy of the poem you had published or pictures of the kids), or even games that engage the family in something other than your personal life.

Florida About Blog Bible Prayers from Bible verses and Holy Scripture found on Bible Gateway then prayer - a-phrased as poems, lyrical free verse, or poetic prayers.

«The amount of myths, poems and legends about love around the globe is astronomical,» says Fisher, «and until very recently people still regarded romantic love as part of the supernatural.»

Florida About Blog Bible Prayers from Bible verses and Holy Scripture found on Bible Gateway then prayer - a-phrased as poems, lyrical free verse, or poetic prayers.

As a way for me to begin to let you know a little bit about me, I thought I would share with you a poem that I authored a few years back.

GreatGuy211 wrote poems about her, about how she was sent by God as an answer to his prayers.

Instead he wrote love poems «I was shocked»: Rupert Murdoch opens up about ex-wife Wendi's «love note» to Tony Blair and the betrayal that made him file for divorce «as soon as I

It's a striking combination of analysis and creative innovation that communes with the past and present, uniting them as a beautiful, absurdist tone poem about the struggles facing those dealt less fortunate hands in life.

As Ramón and Julia work together on his case and help to prepare a book of his poems for publication, Ramón finds himself falling in love with his attorney, who happens to be married, but while his infatuation gives Julia second thoughts about the case, Ramón remains convinced that the greatest gift to him would be an end to his life.

As production began, Disney consultant Robert D. San Souci brought forward the idea of adapting the Chinese poem «The Ballad of Mulan», about the legendary female warrior who took her father's place and fought in the Chinese army for twelve years.

We finished up by talking about a short film Levitt - Gordon made and narrated based on a French poem by Jacques Prevert, an effort that helped launch the next phase of Levitt - Gordon's career behind the camera with Johnson as mentor.

When Truffaut calls The Birds an «apocalyptic tone poem,» he could easily be talking about this picture that paints a cold, tiny portrait of a settlement hewn together from wet logs and animal comforts wholly inadequate as insulation against the wild.

Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing a telescopic view into the lives of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future of their beloved city; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner of Ethiopia, a country of eighty different nationalities and cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.

As it turns out, it was the NBA legend's idea to turn his poem about retiring from basketball into a movie and it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, alongside

There are two moments in the film that did make me laugh out loud: the first is when Jonah Hill, trying to fit in at a poetry slam, does a very funny parody of a bad live - mic poem; the second is in the final credits, when the filmmakers take the meta - notion of the film as a sequel about sequels to such an extreme that the idea became funny again.

Then again, who am I to say that there isn't an audience of adult fans of the book who also want an overly simplified framing narrative to fill in the gaps between the poetry, as well as children who like their broad comedy to be interrupted by spiritualistic poems about life and death?

The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip, dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains why he's done with movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.

There is so much that can come from it - reading into writing - biography of the author, descriptive writing of a cherry tree, a poem about an element of a season the children find equally as attractive.

Students who are new to the U.S. can share something about their own language with their class, such as a short poem, a famous author from their country, or the written language itself.

-- note that one sixth - grade reading passage, a poem about «pit ponies,» explains at the outset that «Ponies and donkeys were once used in mines to pull carts of ore — in the United States as well as Great Britain.»

From year 1 through to year 6 there are suggestions as to how the children might go about composing their own poems using a range of poetic devices and figurative language using the selected poems as models.

Information pack about father's day origins and traditions Cards to make, envelope to make, colouring posters, display posters, best dad rosettes, I have the best dad rosettes, a range of certificates for best dad etc, certificates for other people who are father figures, themed drawing frames, themed writing borders, writing tasks for father and a person like a father, all about my dad booklet to make, rosette to design, door hanger to make, shape nets to make as gift boxes, gift tags, foot steps poem to read and put footprint in as gift for dad, walk with me poem to read, thank you card.

Information pack about mother's day origins and traditions Cards to make, envelope to make, colouring posters, display posters, best mum rosettes, I have the best mum rosettes, a range of certificates for best mum etc, certificates for other people who are mother figures, themed drawing frames, themed writing borders, writing tasks for mother and a person like a mother, shape nets to make as gift boxes, gift tags, hand print poem to read and put hand print in as gift for mum, mother poem to read, thank you card.

The pack includes: Powerpoint - A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah - when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated - the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to read Photographs - Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt and people lighting the Menorah candles - great to add to your displays or for discussion Word cards Fact cards - Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah Display banners - 2 different large titles for displays «Happy Hanukkah» and «Hanukkah» each with Hanukkah themed pictures Display border - A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures - this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size Writing pages - A collection of decorated A4 border pages - great for the children's work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah Colour page border - A collection of colour A4 border pages - a great way to quickly display the children's work Colour posters - A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel and Potato Latkes Display lettering - Large letters spelling «Hanukkah» which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah - Great for a larger display Hanukkah story - The Hanukkah story for you to read aloud to the children Colouring posters - A collection of posters for the children to colour - these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards Bookmarks - A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out and colour Number line - A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels Alphabet line - An alphabet line on candles - this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display Colour posters - A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah Songs and rhymes - A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes Recipe - A photo recipe to make Latke cakes - a popular Hanukkah dish - the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays Dreidel game - A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel Make a Dreidel - A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions Hanukkah cards Acrostic poem Maths worksheet - Count the number of Dreidels Addition worksheet - Add the numbers on the Dreidels Menorah Counting - Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit Cut and make a Menorah Number dominoes Word search Worksheets - Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words Writing activities - Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanukkah

The pack includes: Mother's Day All of these resources include version for «Mum», «Mam», «Mummy» and «Mom» Two colourful display banner - great to use on a display of the children's work - these are for «Mother's Day» and «Mothering Sunday» A Powerpoint about Mother's Day A selection of Mother's Day cards to colour in Coloured Mother's day cards - great to add to a display A selection of cards to cut out and assemble A4 writing borders - these can be used to quickly display work, forthe children to write about their Mums or to use for poetry etc Large display lettering A selection of gift tags to colour in and use on your gifts Various certificates for «Best Mum», «Number one Mum» etc Rosettes to make for your Mum Bookmarks to colour and design to make as a gift for Mum Make a book about Mum - this contains several pages for the children to draw and write about their Mum - great to either send home with the children to fill in together or use at a Mother's Day coffee morning for the children and their Mums to fill in together Colouring posters Write a letter to Mum - decorated letter writing paper Draw your Mum and decorate the frame «My Mum» poster - a poster for the children to draw and write things about their Mums - these make a great display Three recipes to make and give as gifts on Mother's Day Gift boxes - Various gift boxes to colour to use for your Mother's Day gift «A note to my Mum» - write a note to your Mum on this decorated paper Acrostic poem - Write a poem about your Mum

The Journal As a journal entry each student might write a poem, describe a dream, or share something he is pleased about or unhappy about.

The pack includes: · Two long colourful display banners of «Pirates» and «Treasure Island» each decorated with pirate themed pictures · A colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for use on a display board of any size · An A4 word card - great to use when writing · Topic words - great to add to display or use in the writing area · Word and picture flashcards · Pirate posters - pictures of different pirates · Colouring pictures - a collection of pirate themed sheets for children to colour · Phoneme coins - all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great for display or to hide in the sand tray for the children to find the «treasure» · Alphabet coins - lower and upper case letters · Bingo - a pirate themed colourful bingo game to make and play · Skull and cross-bone bunting · Pirate phrases on posters · A pirate profile worksheet - draw your pirate and then decide what characteristics your pirate will have - three different versions of this for differentiation · Songs and rhymes about pirates · Play dough mats - can you make 3 more pieces of treasure, can you give the pirates new hats etc · Colourful treasure to cut out and use on displays, in the sand tray etc · Board game - move around the treasure island answering questions along the way to try and reach the treasure first - two levels of maths questions are provided as well as blank question cards · Two pirate themed wordsearches · «My pirate adventure» worksheet · Wanted posters for the children to fill in · Writing pages - Four A4 pages with pirate borders for the children to use when writing · Design a pirate flag worksheet · Search for the treasure game - collect coins along the way to fill your treasure chest · Cut and stick treasure map · Pirate acrostic poem · Speech bubble worksheets - write what you think the different pirates are saying · Counting cards up to 10 - count the number of pirate ships, telescopes etc · Design a pirate ship worksheet · Describe the treasure worksheet · A worksheet for the children to draw and write what they have spotted through the telescope

I liked to read other classmates» poems as they let me know something about them.

Children are encouraged to use their senses as well as simile and onomatopoeia to create a poem all about fire.

They had the chance to research and try writing about the poem (with close textual analysis) as well as completing some activities on structure and form.