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The Devil's Dictionary: Grammar
by Ambrose Bierce GRACESGRAPEGRAMMAR -n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.Amy Lowell: Hoops
HoopsBlue and pink sashes, Criss-cross shoes, Minna and Stella run out into the garden To play at hoop.Up and down the garden-paths they race, In the yellow sunshine, Each with a big round…Famous Food Dishes and How they Got Their Names
The origins of Beef Stroganoff and Peach Melba by David Johnson Waldorf Salad Ingredients 2 cups chopped apples 1 1/2 lemons, juiced 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped…The Devil's Dictionary: Wine
by Ambrose Bierce WIDOWWITWINE -n. Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXVII ("On the bleakness of my lot")
by EmilyDickinsonXXVIContrastXXVII On the bleakness of my lot Bloom I strove to raise. Late, my acre of a rock Yielded grape and maize. Soil of flint if steadfast tilled Will…Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson was the son of Eric the Red and an explorer in his own right, credited with crossing the Atlantic and landing on the American continent 500 years before Christopher Columbus set sail.…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 5, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 4, 1804August 6, 1804August 5, 1804 August 5th Set out early wind from N E. Great appearance of Wind & rain, (I have remarked that I…Heat by Hilda Doolittle
HeatO wind, rend open the heat, Cut apart the heat, Rend it to tatters.Fruit cannot drop Through this thick air — Fruit cannot fall into heat That presses up and blunts The points of pears…Clara Shanafelt: Invocation
InvocationClara ShanafeltO Glass-Blower of time, Hast blown all shapes at thy fire? Canst thou no lovelier bell, No clearer bubble, clear as delight, inflate me — Worthy to hold such wine…Walt Whitman: Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone
Not Meagre, Latent Boughs AloneNot meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs! (scaly and bare, like eagles' talons,) But haply for some sunny day (who knows?) some future spring, some…Trending
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