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Memorial Poetry

top all the clocks, cut off the telephone . . . compiled by Erin Teare Excerpts from memorial poems by some of the world's greatest poets, including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and E. E…

Anne Bradstreet: The Flesh and the Spirit

The Flesh and the Spirit In secret place where once I stood Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood, I heard two sisters reason on Things that are past and things to come. One Flesh was call'd,…

Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: Second Prapathaka

Second Prapathaka1. Then the Saint Sakayanya, well pleased, said to the King: “Great King Brihadratha, thou banner of the race of Ikshvaku, quickly obtaining a knowledge of Self, thou art…

Sara Teasedale: Sappho I

Sappho IMidnight, and in the darkness not a sound, So, with hushed breathing, sleeps the autumn night; Only the white immortal stars shall know, Here in the house with the low-lintelled door…

Indiana Jones: Fact or Fiction

Are the Indiana Jones films historically accurate? by Mark Hughes Related Links Special Effects Archaeology Ancient History World War II The Holocaust   In the…

Coleridge: France: an Ode, Notes

Kubla KhanDejection: an OdeFrance: an Ode When Coleridge republished this poem in the Post in 1802 he prefixed to it the following Argument First Stanza. An invocation to those objects…

Classical Mythology: The Good-Time God: Pan

The Good-Time God: PanClassical MythologyFriends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale MonstersFrom Dusk to Dawn: The Sisters of HeliusThe Good-Time God: PanThe Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and Monsters Half…

Classical Mythology: The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of HeraclesClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The…