That's why it struck me as odd last year when, as my English colleague in the classroom next door was completing a poetry unit, I got the sudden urge to combine
poetry writing in my history lessons on the Middle Ages.
And if anyone thinks this is just
a poetry written in allegory, it is the lie of the devil himself.
And if anyone thinks this is just
a poetry written in allegory, it's the lie of the devil himself.
Their opinions about the weird, angsty
poetry I wrote in my room mean nothing now!
His work has gradually shifted from the traditional and ambitious nature
poetry written in his early twenties toward a darker, personal, and more open verse.
He has held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows and is the author of Eggmel, a book of
poetry written in his native language Amharic.
Not exact matches
People looking for a connection with the
written word study
poetry, not the application of promissory estoppel
in contracts.
«If a daughter is born,» Wood
wrote, «there will be a public celebration
in Court, with readings from
poetry celebrating girls and women.»
Consider his apologia for the
poetry he was
writing during and after World War II, when the world was undergoing a shock and disillusionment perhaps unparalleled
in human history.
For Milosz this was not an insight arrived at late
in life; the Treatise presents us with the mature version of what we already saw
in the
poetry he was
writing during the darkest period of the Second World War: «Gentle verses
written in the midst of horror declare themselves for life.»
In «Obedience,» Herbert offers himself to God, asking that God's will would work through him in all things — including his poetry: «Let me not think an action mine own way / But as thy love shall sway / Resigning up the rudder to thy skill,» he write
In «Obedience,» Herbert offers himself to God, asking that God's will would work through him
in all things — including his poetry: «Let me not think an action mine own way / But as thy love shall sway / Resigning up the rudder to thy skill,» he write
in all things — including his
poetry: «Let me not think an action mine own way / But as thy love shall sway / Resigning up the rudder to thy skill,» he
writes.
They freeze a moment
in time when young women knitted argyle socks for their boyfriends, including Roiphe who paradoxically claimed, «All that interests me is the making of art, the
writing of
poetry, the life of rebellion.»
The art of
writing song lyrics imposes a simple demand: no metrical substitution, which is the stock -
in - trade of contemporary
poetry.
We always include
poetry and a time called «Open Space»
in which we slow down for prayer and other opportunities to actively engage the Gospel;
writing in the community's Book of Thanks,
writing prayers, making art or assembling bleach kits for the needle exchange
in Denver.
And it's unlike any other book I've ever
written, for
in addition to the memoir, it includes original
poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best
in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.
I would
write spoken word
poetry about healing and miracles, about prophets and plainsong, about how good it feels to repent, about open doors and wide tables, about plain wooden chairs
in opulent palaces, about dry bones rising up
in the valley of death to live again, about singing
in the streets and the orderliness of stockinette stitch
in hand knits.
When she's not
writing creative non-fiction, short stories, and
poetry, Erin spends her time working on her Masters of Arts
in Urban Studies online through Eastern University, fighting for the last carrot
in the house with her two rabbits, Bug and Sage, and enjoying mentoring time with local youth both
in and out of church settings.
In high school I
wrote terrible
poetry about boys.
It was
written in Latin, but argued that vernacular
poetry, which had only begun
in Italy 150 years before with the poems of St. Francis, was worthy of all the consideration previously bestowed on Latin alone.
In a notable essay in 1990, Stanley Fish wrote this: «Donne is sick and his poetry is sick..
In a notable essay
in 1990, Stanley Fish wrote this: «Donne is sick and his poetry is sick..
in 1990, Stanley Fish
wrote this: «Donne is sick and his
poetry is sick....
In addition, and perhaps most importantly, Virgil was a poet who
wrote poetry as history, and Dante followed this example as well.
Much of Bonhoeffer's
writing was not published
in book form but
in papers, essays, addresses,
poetry and correspondence.
Another change
in those years was that, after an unduly delayed, major operation for appendicitis, I began to
write poetry,
writing the first poem
in the hospital itself.
Muslims became engrossed
in the study of music, the art of storytelling, and exerted great efforts to perfect the art of
writing prose and
poetry.
The Bible is,
in reality, a complex collection of historical documents,
written over the course of at least 1,500 years, which represents various literary genres (everything from history to parables,
poetry to pastoral letters and legal code to visions of the future), worldviews, languages, cultures, agendas and opinions.
The cases of Donne and Jonson are exactly to the point: Donne
wrote poetry that reflected Catholic dogma regarding Mary, which he pointedly contradicted
in his sermons at St. Paul; he also
wrote anti-Catholic satire.
In describing how he composed his
poetry, Basho
wrote:
To
write in such a way that you are
in direct contact with the soul of the reader is an art that must be learned, and fiction, essay
writing, and
poetry are inescapably parts of it.
The person who studied the classics at home, who
wrote poetry in the early hours, or who listened
in private to Beethoven quartets was,
in my little patch of suburban England, no more to be despised than the expert
in tarot cards, the amateur acrobat, or the breeder of exotic chickens.
In the more than 40 years since that move, Berry has
written over 40 books of fiction,
poetry, essays and biography.
The delightful surfaces of the world — which Stevens
wrote about the way modern painters daubed them,
in «Blue, gold, pink, and green» — were the proper subject of
poetry, and our delight
in them was all we could possess of heaven.
At almost the same age I
wrote in poetry a similar view about the supreme importance of love.
Joseph Smith, who had little formal education,
writes a 532 page fiction book with multiple story lines, more than three major ethnic groups that intermingle with one another, creates over 200 new names, many of which have Hebraic origin (Mosiah for instance),
writes in chiasmas
poetry, accurately predicts latter day pollution, international intrigue, the dispersing of the Gospel message and a host of other fictional and hysterical points was WRONG?
Oral epic song is narrative
poetry, composed
in a manner evolved over many generations by singers of tales who did not know how to
write.
In Aquinas at Prayer, Paul Murray, O.P., sheds light on Thomas's more mystical side by commenting on the prayers and liturgical
poetry that he
wrote as well as....
You are wasting your life on something that you stated yourself as being «
poetry, stories, laws» that were
written a thousand some odd years ago when life
in all aspects was very different.
It may be
written in prose, or
in poetry.
In the night hours, when the tinies have gone to sleep, I want to
write poetry or read books.
The Bible is
written in narrative,
poetry, and the highly imaginative genre of apocalyptic.
St. John
writes in poetry of his much - sought Lover:
For example, if you have always wanted to
write poetry, sit down
in a quiet place and begin right now.
Chris Van Dusen is known mostly for his illustrations;
in The Circus Ship he
writes poetry as well.
Ranier Maria Rilke, the Austrian poet of the early part of the century, refused to be psychoanalyzed because he suspected that that process, however helpful
in itself, would make it impossible for him to
write poetry.
It's unlike any other I've
written, for
in addition to memoir, it includes original
poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay, all aimed at engaging your questions, doubts, ideas, and imagination as you wrestle with the Bible along with me.
Hence it is possible to do what Pope Pius XII urged
in his encyclical Divino Afflatu: to read history, where it is present, as history although
written of course
in the fashion thought right at the time; and to recognize and study
poetry as
poetry, legend as legend, myth as myth, moral teaching as moral teaching.
Attracted both to
poetry and to Reformed theology, Cairns worshiped
in Presbyterian churches
in Utah and Texas as he studied, taught and
wrote.
No wonder that he
wrote in poetry!
The Lover's Guide to Trapping BY WYATT PRUNTY JOHNS HOPKINS, 53 PAGES, $ 23.95
In this eighth volume of
poetry, Wyatt Prunty continues to
write traditional verse with attention to rhyme and meter.
Anyone who is facinated by his work, or Tolkien's should look into the writings of another one of the Inklings, Charles Williams, who
wrote religious texts,
poetry, and fiction, including the novels WAR
IN HEAVEN, ALL HALLOW»S EVE, and MANY DIMENSIONS.
In imitating a kind of crucifixion, Merrick also invokes the traditional poetry of an older religion that for some of the Late Romantics retained its «traditional sanctity and loveliness» (as Yeats wrote) if not its grounding in historical trut
In imitating a kind of crucifixion, Merrick also invokes the traditional
poetry of an older religion that for some of the Late Romantics retained its «traditional sanctity and loveliness» (as Yeats
wrote) if not its grounding
in historical trut
in historical truth.