“There Are Two Seas” By Bruce Barton
Bruce Barton (August 5, 1896-July 5, 1967) was an American advertising executive and has written a best-selling book titled “The Man Nobody Knows,” which portrays Jesus as the forerunner of […]
“Abou Ben Adhem” By Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt was an English essayist, political radical, poet, and journalist. He is remembered for his association with the English romantic poets, like Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Of his many […]
Sara Teasdale’s Words Shine with “Stars”
Sara Trevor Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet who loves to write lots of love poetry until her death by suicide at age […]
“Contentment” By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American professor, lecturer, poet, author, physician, and inventor. He wrote biographies, lectures, essays, public speeches, and poems–both serious and humorous. His best-known works include […]
Two Poems On World Friendship: “All Together” By Catherine Cate Coblentz and “My Hand Shall Know” By Don Manker
Much hope is placed in our efforts around the world to educate the youth in international perspective and attitude. Learning to believe and act as citizens of the world is, […]
Charles MacKay’s Take On Happiness In His Poem “The Miller Of the Dee”
In Charles MacKay’s poem, The Miller of the Dee, there was a miller who works hard grinding corn and other grains all day. Millers back then, in Charles Mackay’s day, […]
Gabriela Mistral’s Take On Service to Others
Gabriela Mistral’s real name is Lucila Godoy, a native of Chile, and she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1945. The great poetess from Chile became a teacher at […]
A Short Note On Walt Whitman’s Poem “The Commonplace”
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was the first American poet to pronounce a declaration of independence against conventional forms of poetry. For him, poetry should be the natural expression of simple and […]
“The Sea Gypsy” By Richard Hovey
A gypsy is a member of a wandering tribe that can be found in many parts of Europe. The poem “Sea Gypsy” expresses a strong desire of the author to […]
