Nature and Invention

Invention

Nature

People and Places

Annabel Lee

                                                                              

	It was many and many a year ago,                                    In a kingdom by the sea,                                            That a maiden there lived whom you may know                  By the name of Annabel Lee;                                    And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love - I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago,                        In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her high-born kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me - Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud one night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we - Of many far wiser than we - And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams      Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;                                     And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes                    Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling -my darling -my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea - In her tomb by the sounding sea.

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me -
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud one night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling -my darling -my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea -
In her tomb by the sounding sea. 
                                 Edgar Allan Poe                (1809- 1849)
  Born in the United States of America                 

War and Hope

 What Do I Remember Of The Evacuation

                                                          Joy Kowaga

                                                       

Résumé

Dorothy Parker

     Between the two poems "What Do I Remember Of The Evacuation" and "Resume" I think "What do I Remember of the Evacuation" is more relevant today. Although it may not be in direct result of war people are being taken or moved from their homes everyday, everywhere. It could be children, families, or adults. Some peoples biggest memories are of leaving. Leaving a home, town, country. It also tells the story of a girl who is discriminated against because of how she looks and her cultural origins. As much as we would love to deny it, this is definitely relevant to today. There is still racism and discrimination all over the world. "What Do I Remember Of The Evacuation" is very relevant today.

 

Love and Loneliness

Love 

"When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams."  -Dr Seuss-

Loneliness    

 “Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” -Dag Hammarskjold-

                                       

                       Love and Loneliness 

                   

             Love is a dream

                    It holds you together

                    like a dress with a seam

                 Love is a flight 

               It can be at first sight

                                  Love is a fire

                                         A vision of beauty far fairer than sun *

                     The feeling is as though you have won

              Love is a fairytale

                                          With no criminals or jail

                       Loneliness is desperate, unhappy and stale

                          It seems like nothing from a fairytale

                           It is darkness not a flicker of light,

                           absolutely none  

                                         Wavering with its own weakness**

                         It is tired, afraid of the sun

                         It is cold it is dark

                         It is just one. 

 ** Stared and underlined lines are borrowed, * is from Lost Jimmy Whelan, author unknown. ** is from The Forsaken , author Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947)