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  • Found this while packing

    03/30/2024 8:40:17 PM PDT · by CMS · 59 replies
    my wife bought this a while back and it was put up. I found it today. i compleley broke down
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2024

    01/01/2024 3:15:48 PM PST · by luvie · 769 replies
    JustAmy[creator], The Mayor, luvie, left that other site
    Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ was the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf - R.I.P.Many thanks for stopping by. : )
  • Georgia, Arkansas Revive Old-School Teaching Method: Poetry Recitation. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.

    05/06/2023 10:48:41 AM PDT · by CFW · 36 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 5/5/23 | Rachel Alexander Cambre
    n his rousing keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala last month, then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson offered an unexpected piece of advice: “Don’t throw away your hard-copy books.” Unlike digitized books, films, and albums that can be canceled, rewritten, or vanished altogether, physical copies are “the enduring repository that cannot be disappeared.” With their resurrection of poetry recitation requirements, educators in Georgia and Arkansas are protecting that repository in more ways than one, steeping students in a reality they can affirm, trust, and love. Both states’ departments of education recently proposed revised K-12 English language arts standards...
  • Walt Whitman’s expensive tomb is right here in N.J. — under your boot soles

    03/28/2023 3:12:03 PM PDT · by Coleus · 9 replies
    Star Ledger ^ | 03.25.23 | Richard Cowen
    Walt Whitman spent half his life writing and revising “Leaves of Grass,” his epic poem of a young man’s journey of self-discovery in a young country, America as it grows into a democracy. Whitman was 35 years old when he self-published the first edition of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855, and he was still adding to it when he died in Camden, New Jersey on March 26, 1892, at the age of 72.
  • Was Homer Real?

    03/13/2023 2:40:59 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 46 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | March 8, 2023 | Caleb Howells
    Homer was one of the most important figures in ancient Greece. His contribution to ancient Greek culture was immense, due to his two most famous poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey. To the ancient Greeks, the works of Homer were as important as the Bible is today. It’s ironic, then, that many scholars actually question whether or not Homer was real. What does the evidence show? Reasons for doubting Homer’s existence The main reason some scholars doubt that Homer ever existed is because of a lack of contemporary evidence. Most scholars believe that Homer was supposed to have lived...
  • BURNS SUPPER – January 25 [haggis]

    01/25/2023 5:24:44 AM PST · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    National Day Calendar ^ | January 25, 2023 | Staff
    (Last Updated On: May 4, 2022) BURNS SUPPER Every year on January 25th, fans of Robert Burns gather together in honor of the famous Scottish poet. The day is popular in the UK, especially among Scottish culture. Also known as Burns Night and Robert Burns Day, this event is held every year on the birthday of Robert Burns. The Scottish writer of poems and songs was born on January 25th, 1759. He died on July 21, 1796, at the age of 37 years old. Burns had a rheumatic heart condition and is believed to have died from an infection of...
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2023

    01/02/2023 6:16:23 PM PST · by JustAmy · 2,275 replies
    The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2022

    01/01/2022 11:37:54 AM PST · by JustAmy · 2,954 replies
    1-01-2022 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy
    Free RepublicBrowse · SearchPings · MailGeneral/ChatTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. 1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : )TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch; Click to Add TopicKEYWORDS: amysplace; friendship; january2022; poetry; Click...
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: COVID Freedom Protests, It's More Than Abortion, Folks Pearl Harbor Remembered Who's Threatening Who In Ukraine?

    12/05/2021 1:57:17 AM PST · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 12/4/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Day 628 Of The Dictatorship Of COVID-19, Day 628 Of America And The World Held Hostage To COVID Shots Breaking News: Health Freedom Protest Today In Utrecht, The Netherlands The local government in Utrecht says some five thousand participated... News Alert: Health Freedom Protests Vienna, Austria And Milan, Italy. In Vienna the crowd again estimated at some 40,000 people by some media for today's protest as in the last one there. But ORF in Austria estimated more than 40,000 participating... Is Omicron Really The Beginning Of The End Of COVID? A Russian expert weighs in with his opinion... Well here...
  • A poem my son wrote (Vanity)

    10/17/2021 8:41:17 PM PDT · by hoagy62 · 11 replies
    10/17/21 | JR Hoagy62
    My son just read this to me. He wrote it. He's 22, and loves his country.O Lord my God I pray to you today with a heavy heart These past years, my country has torn itself apart From bad elections, to phony ballots, to all-out political war To gender changes, riot rages, and many, many moreOur 'leader', an idiot dictator, whose mind is all but gone And of those who voted for him, are now seeing they were wrong Our country is a mess, and because of that I fear Those of us who believe in freedom won't be able...
  • Longing for the "LONG AGO"

    10/06/2021 6:32:38 AM PDT · by sodpoodle · 17 replies
    email from friend | 10/06/2021 | unknown
    Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot, before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me. For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born, where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn. We longed for love and romance, and waited for our prince. Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since. We danced to 'Little Darlin', and sang to 'Stagger Lee' and cried for Buddy Holly In the Land That Made Me, Me....
  • Musical Interlude topic for July 2021 [starts with some early music of Scandinavia]

    07/15/2021 9:37:09 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 2 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | varies | varies
    This work is a collaboration between the University of Huddersfield, Delphian Records and EMAP (European Music Archaeologic Project). The information contained in the booklet is extremely detailed: from the musical history of Scandinavia through the centuries to the explanation of the musical instruments used for this recording, all reconstructed on the basis of archaeological sources. For space problems I limit myself to reporting only the first part of the booklet, the link to purchase the disc is at the bottom of the information.
  • If by Rudyard Kipling. This was posted by Dan Scavino

    07/04/2021 5:28:04 PM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 26 replies
    AcceptElection ^ | November 13, 2020 | Dan Scavino
    Great post from Dan Scavino. Runtime 2 minutes.
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... Jan - Dec 2021

    04/30/2021 10:23:24 PM PDT · by JustAmy · 1,886 replies
    5-01-2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy
    Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : )
  • T.S. Eliot’s “The Burial of the Dead” Part I of The Waste Land

    04/11/2021 2:47:41 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    San Diego Reader ^ | April 9, 2021 | T.S. Eliot
    One of the most important poets of the 20th century April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And when we were children, staying at the arch-duke’s, My...
  • Vanity

    01/08/2021 4:17:05 PM PST · by Harpotoo · 30 replies
    International library of poetry | 1/8/2021 | Harpotoo
    I've never seen so much depression or defeatist here before. That being said I feel I need to share a poem I wrote a while back. A Winter poem by David L. Miller Oh on these cold winter days how we wish for warmth while icily embedded in ourselves. Chin lift up, eyes look around. Look at the folk who cheerily endeavor not thinking about themselves. They move and work on as on any other day. See the children! Whether yours or not, happily and smiling they go about their play. Spy the lovers! Nothing creeps into or disturbs their...
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February, March and April 2021

    01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST · by JustAmy · 980 replies
    1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy
    Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : )
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, November and December 2020

    09/30/2020 9:26:22 PM PDT · by JustAmy · 757 replies
    10-01-2020 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy
    Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : )
  • Carl Sandburg, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet: "When a nation goes down ... one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from"

    08/02/2020 2:57:59 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 3 replies
    American Minute ^ | July 22, 2020 | Bill Federer
    "I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision," stated poet Carl Sandburg in an interview with Frederick Van Ryn of This Week Magazine (January 4, 1953, p. 11.) Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, to Swedish immigrants who worked on the railroad. After 8th grade, Carl Sandburg left school, borrowed his father's railroad pass,...
  • Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, August and September 2020

    06/30/2020 11:45:23 PM PDT · by JustAmy · 640 replies
    7-1-2020 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy
    Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : )