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This camera turns your photos into poetic masterpieces. Combining the charm of a classic instant camera with the power of AI, ...
Film noir is filled with great lines, and certain quotes from movies like Chinatown and The Big Sleep completely define what ...
When I tweeted that Materialists was for “romantics, realists, and yearners,” I didn’t expect the tweet to go viral — or for ...
Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case ...
What did poetry mean to the ancient Chinese? Confucius (551-479 BC) offered an answer. "Poetry can inspire the mind, offer ...
It’s no surprise that legendary songwriters like Leonard Cohen had backgrounds in poetry and authorship. That being said, many songwriters through the years have boasted an incredible ability to ...
This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley ... Take, for instance, the classic adage: "A stitch in time saves nine." This simple reminder offers us the value of proactive action ...
But there's a problem: "pius" Aeneas, as he's called in the poem (meaning dutiful and ... is part of a collection called The Course of Empire. Classic's professor Paul Hay suggests this series ...
Dear Readers: Wishing you and all a very happy holiday season. Please enjoy the following poem. “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. “‘Twas the night before Christmas ...
This poem apparently looks frivolous on the face of it, but carries many sub-texts that make it refreshingly modern. It reads like a Samuel Beckettian creation, a classical text for the absurd ...
Not really into poetry? I don't blame you. Some of those titles are drier than a new box of cat litter. If the classic poets really wanted more people to read their stuff, they'd consider writing ...