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Tag Archives: Touching the classics
Journeys Through the Underworld in Ai’s “Reunions with a Ghost”
By Lea C. Deschenes “Reunions with a Ghost” by Ai, read by Lea C. Deschenes By titling her poem “Reunions with a Ghost,” Ai foreshadows the poem’s connections with the myths of Odysseus, Orpheus, and Innana. All three narratives feature … Continue reading
Is Katniss Everdeen Gilgamesh Dreaming?: Unveiling The Connections Between Poetry and Heroic Fiction
By Victor D. Infante It seems, these days, we are awash in the heroic fantasy adventures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the iconic heroes and monsters born in the turbulence of the dawn of the modern era … Continue reading
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Tagged heroes, Poetry and Popular Culture, Touching the classics, Victor D. Infante
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Three Poems by Lyn Lifshin
In A Breeze Of Dates And Olives, 4000 Years BC By Lyn Lifshin The first poet we know to have signed her name to what she wrote, she Lived 2285-2250BCE. High priestess in the Sumerian city state of Ur. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Enheduanna, heroes, Lyn Lifshin, political poems, Touching the classics
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