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Unless you've been living under the proverbial rock, you're probably aware that Father's Day is this Sunday. Hopefully that means that you've got your gift purchased and your card picked out — but ...
Author Charles Ghigna, known as Father Goose, shares some motivational poems that can be just as inspirational for adults as ...
America is pretty awesome, right? We have our flaws like any country, but all of the songs, movies, books, and patriotic poems written about our great nation really show how special it is. And since ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s slam poet, Steven “Kealoha” Wong, conveys his messages through passion, rhythm, and rhyme. His artistry earned him the honor of being named Hawaii’s first poet ...
"I only like poems that rhyme." Or, more drastically: "If it doesn't rhyme, it's not a poem." These declarations of allegiance to end-rhyme sound traditional or even daringly reactionary—fearlessly ...
"Minnesota Blue," a wistful poem that celebrates the state's golden fields of wheat and corn shimmering in the early morn, was written by a singer-songwriter in Hawaii who left Minnesota in 1958.
The melody of ancient yinsong is attracting new followers enchanted by its echoes of tradition, Xing Wen reports. The pitch is crucial, as is the rhythm. It is musical, but not essentially music. The ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. This week’s poem captures a moment when the watcher and the watched—the ...
You can work out the rhyme scheme of a poem by labelling the words that rhyme with each other. It will help you see the pattern of the poem. For example, if a poem's first and third lines rhyme you ...
The young prisoners locked away for crimes like rape and murder were rapping in the yard of a Washington, D. C., corrections facility, almost oblivious that award-winning documentarian Marc Levin was ...