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 an excerpt fromThe Harp Weaver and Other PoemsbyEdna St Vincent Millay.

Although the Beowulf epic itself is shrouded in mystery, examine what is known about its origin.

Margaret Mitchell did not have a title for her famous novel until just before it was published. What was the source of the title, "Gone with the Wind?...

Is a person, whose ability to speak is diminished by illness, able to speak to her husband with her eyes only?

Barrie meets Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her two boys at Kensington Gardens; he tells the boys stories of pirates, fairies and desert islands.

Special times and special stories take on new meaning between a grandmother and her grandson.

When a caring nurse bathes a patient it can be a gift of mercy.

Read a poem by a 2007 McMullen County Sophomore English Class as a tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre.

Hundreds of millions of readers know C. S. Lewis as the creator of the characters and the imaginary world inThe Chronicles of Narnia.

To a person with dementia, thoughts pull away from a cohesive whole, just like a feather - in the air - floating on its own.

Key is remembered for honoring the Fort McHenry flag which now is cared-for at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

What was once so familiar - even one's home - becomes unfamiliar to a person suffering from Lewy Body Dementia.

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