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The War Poems are a daily witnessing of the pain and suffering of two nations. After waking to the news of the Israeli massacre by Hamas on October 7th, I had great difficulty expressing my pain ...
Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it “longer than it is.” But “Paradise Lost” ...
A Medal of Honor recipient's epic poem of war 04:26. It's not often (if ever) a recipient of the Medal of Honor is also a published poet. But retired Green Beret John Duffy turned his trial-by ...
Poem of the Day: ‘The Battle of Blenheim’ Coleridge called Robert Southey the complete man of letters — as he may have been, if ‘man of letters’ is a slightly sad title, given in courtesy to those who ...
His Poem No Longer Memorized, Even The Plaque Is Gone. Generations of American schoolchildren were compelled to read and memorize a Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872) titled ...
Today’s Poem of the Day, continuing our week-long observance of the silencing of the guns of the First World War, illuminates Gurney the musician. His poem’s speaker dreads the sheer cacophony of ...
Kvasir’s Poems are one of the collectibles in God of War Ragnarok that comes with a twist. These collectibles are actually Easter Eggs referencing Playstation’s biggest first-party exclusives.
Poet Artyom Kamardin is sentenced to seven years in prison for reading anti-war poems during a 2022 protest. Another man receives a slightly lesser term.
Palestinian poem speaks to unfathomable death, destruction of Israel-Hamas war | Opinion The poem "Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear" by Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha is ringing in my ear ...
Russian poet Artyom Kamardin was sentenced to 7 years in prison on Thursday for reciting anti-war verses against Russia's ... national security and inciting hatred for reading anti-war poems.