von Thom | Montag, August 31, 2020 | Get informed
by Dorothy Parker Daily dawns another day;I must up, to make my way.Though I dress and drink and eat,Move my fingers and my feet,Learn a little, here and there,Weep and laugh and sweat and swear,Hear a song, or watch a stage,Leave some words upon a page,Claim a foe,...
von Thom | Montag, August 24, 2020 | Get informed
It has been 100 years since Ray Bradbury’s birth (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012). The famous author, probably most well-known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, was, among other things a lover of science and also a science fiction writer. I would like to...
von Thom | Montag, August 17, 2020 | Get informed, Learn
Brittanica.com defines a haiku as ‘unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The haiku first emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century, as a terse reaction to elaborate poetic...
von Thom | Montag, August 10, 2020 | Get informed
John Keats: To Autumn Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d...
von Thom | Montag, Juli 27, 2020 | Practice
There are several different types of sonnets. We have featured a few sonnets in our weekly poems so far. Test what you know and feel free to try writing a sonnet on your...