As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky that even native English speakers with college degrees may struggle to get ...

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Emily Dickinson was known, even, for sending poems to friends (and writing them on chocolate wrappers: my kind of friend). Do whatever takes the pressure off—a circle of friends exchanging ...

Much of Plath’s poetry can be understood better with knowledge of her life handy. If you’re confused about a poem, you can google it (especially for a poet as well known as Plath), and there will ...

On a surface level—with the words tuned out, free of context—you might mistake Nap Eyes’ The Neon Gate for polite, normie music. The songs are inoffensive and breezy at first glance, melodic ...

There's something about green eyes that we can't help but be fascinated by. Maybe it's the fact that they're rare, or maybe it's just that they stand out more, but studies have found that we find ...

The cook recited poetry. Another told a tale of an uncle selling whiskey, how it cost him time in jail. The cowboys sat there smiling, spirits full with plumb content, while surrounded in the arms of ...

Margaret Yapp is an Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate with a Master’s in Fine Arts in poetry. Her works have appeared in The Minnesota Review, Peach Mag, Apartment Poetry, and more.She is the managing ...

From powerfully haunting poems such as ‘In the Year of Drought’ to ‘What Will become of this City,’ Marianne Szlyk’s ‘I Dream of Empathy’ is a significant and urgent addition to the ...

Boparai, founder/CEO of CorneaCare, which provides personalized eye treatment plans, said that the rarity of green eyes varies across the globe. In Europe, they're found in around 8 percent of the ...