It's a suitable poem to reflect on the passage of time. Since poems about a mum's death often focus on the past, this can be ...

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

This poem is an interpretation of “The Yellow Crane Tower” by Tang Dynasty poet Cui Hao 崔顥 (704–754). The original poem reflects on the passage of time and the loss of tradition across generations.

Literary history held the reputation of never being tarnished by the passage of time as intellectual ... like much of the poetry circulated at the time. The collection contained a selection ...

He’s often whimsical, albeit with a rueful cast to his humour: “My spirit-animal is a scarecrow,” he writes in one poem. Sprinkled among telling observations on contemporary life are bittersweet ...

Students will experience poetry as a form of communication ... s choice of paper and ink to write to Izumi (page 23).Explain that the Heian period was a time in which beauty was appreciated, including ...

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems don’t have to be perfect, but this one pretty much is. I mean that less as praise — though it is a long-time favorite — than as a technical description.