Nothing Gold Can Stay (1923) PINNEDRobert Frost argued with his poem that the most precious, "golden" moments in life cannot last, echoing the biblical fall from Eden. This is written in the famous Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) which ended with the stock market crash in 1929, leading... See More »
I'm saddenedFor one, the hare population in my country is falling dramatically. This king of the countryside is dying out and at this current rate both will be dead in only another quarter of century of this senselessness. How guilty will people feel then? None... See More » (1)
The Ronsard Yeats love poemis a reference to W.B. Yeats's poem 'When You Are Old' (1893), which is inspired by (and is indeed a rather loose adaptation) of Pierre de Ronsard's famous sonnet 'Quand vous serez bien vieille' (When You Are Very Old). Both poems use a similar... See More » (+1)
Still more lesser know artthat I love... by contemporary artists about Iona; painting by Pam Carter and poem by Angela Topping
A look at love - 1"The More Loving One" by W.H. Auden (1957) is a poem that explores the true nature of unrequited love and the human experience of finding meaning in a seemingly indifferent universe. The speaker uses the metaphor of the stars, which are indifferent... See More » (3)