Poetry Chapters

Poets convey deep thoughts with few words. How do poets approach their subjects? Why is the rhythm of words important to them? Poets want their words to be heard. Here's a collection to read "out loud."

Read a poem about people not involved in the massacre but who grieve with the rest of the world.

Similar to Arjuna, Rannulph Junah does not believe he can be a champion.

Barrie helps financially and emotionally as both Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her husband die of cancer; their five young boys are orphans.

As a person with dementia tries to convey her thoughts, things don't come out the way she intends. To her, it seems as though the thoughts are trapped...

In Norse mythology, trolls are supernatural and dangerous beings.

Read a poem about the life of Waleed Shaalan, a 32 year-old first year PhD student in Civil Engineering.

To a person with dementia, wandering - a fearsome thing - takes place in the mind as well as in the body.

A person with dementia can watch the same film many times but it seems new with each successive viewing.

When we use trees to make things, we produce waste and destroy habitats so we must conserve this natural resource.

The Legend of Bagger Vance is a fictionalized story based on the Hindu scriptural epic the Bhagavad-Gita.

According to the story, the warrior Beowulf is a Geat who lives in the area now-known as southwest Sweden.

Many scholars believe Jewish scribes were trying to save their sacred texts by hiding them in thecaves of Qumran.

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