Magic and Fairies  by Valerie Cummings

I believe in magic, because I refuse to believe in hate
I believe in softness because I won't except the
harshness.

I believe in the magic and wonder of the unseen. ...

Precious Memories
My memories are mine no
one can remove them from
my heart.
The sweetest dearest memories
that warm the depth of
this Mothers heart.
The times they struggled
with their first step
oh what a memory that has kept.
The hugs and the kisses they
all gave me. ...

The Widow
 
You have seen them as you walk bye,
 a lady quiet of nature, sad in face.
 She has lost her love and lifetime mate.
Her heart it beats, out a rhythmic
hollow sound. ...

How to Write Poetry - Publish Poetry
Writing poetry and publishing poetry can be fun. Most poetry is of a personal nature. People usually write poetry about their own wonderful experiences or not so wonderful experiences. If you want to write poetry, take a look around you. There are plenty of ideas all around you. I would suggest you go through the park for a stroll with pen and paper on hand. Pay attention and try to write down things you have observed like; the trees, the leaves, the people walking around, the color of the sky, things that spark your imagination.    
One of the best ways to get ideas to write poetry is by observing others. Write down some of the conversation you hear, what they are wearing, lovers holding hands or lovers in a quarrel. The ideas are to pay attention and take as much notes ...

 

By Robert Pool

Thomas Middleton is rediscovered as the Bard's genuine peer.

Gary Taylor's eureka moment came inside a rare books room in a library at Oxford in 1985.

Reading a passage from a play written nearly four centuries earlier by a little-known contemporary of Shakespeare's, Taylor found himself laughing out loud.

"And I started wondering," he remembers. "Why isn't this stuff better known? I have a Ph.D. in English literature—why have I never read all this? Why haven't I been told about all these characters?"

 

The dangers in letting you pierce my mind…
The regurgitation of your inconsequential ...

It was in the twelfth century, only two hundred years after accepting Christianity that they created the masterpiece of Old Ukrainian culture, Slovo o polku Ihorevi (The Tale of Ihor’s Armament or a.k.a. , The Tale of Ihor's Campaign, the Lay or simply Slovo). It was an ardent call for patriotic unification. Unfortunately, they preserved The Tale of Ihor’s Armament in only one copy.  A. I. Musin-Puskin discovered it at the end of the eighteenth century, and this was destroyed in a fire in Moscow in 1812. Though, before its first publication in 1800, they made a copy of the Lay for Catherine II. Pekarski found it later and published it in 1864. Many scholars still today misinterpret many portions of the Lay and the manuscripts. They still have not deciphered many places. In this article, the author attempt’s  for a general understanding of the military vocations, activities and arms used then. These are all pertinent to Ihor’s expedition.