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Women in Print

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , on Friday, May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

These are some of my favorite biographies (and one autobiography) of famous women; they are books I have read and reread over the past several years. They are all well-written and insightful and certainly worth spending time with. (The dust jackets are linked with the library catalog record in case you want to check it [...]

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A Something in a Summer’s Day

Posted in Information, tagged , , on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
A something in a summer’s Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me.
A something in a summer’s noon –
A depth — an Azure — a perfume –
Transcending ecstasy.
And still within a summer’s night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see –
Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle — shimmering grace
Flutter too [...]

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If You Were Coming in the Fall

Posted in Information, tagged , on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Ah, Emily Dickinson. There is something so appealing and yet so elusive in her poetry. Just when I think I understand it, I realize there’s much more there than I saw at first glance. This poem about the absence of a loved one and the uncertainty of his return is one of my favorites. Van [...]

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13 Poets/13 Facts

Posted in Information, Meme, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Thursday Thirteen #14
April is National Poetry Month, so to celebrate I compiled a list of poets that I’m fond of and went in search of facts about them. I actually ended up with more than thirteen facts, but I didn’t think that you all would mind. As a bonus, you get to discover [...]

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