Poets convey deep thoughts with few words. How do poets approach their subjects? Why is the rhythm of words important to them? Poets want their words to be heard. Here's a collection to read "out loud."
Is it possible that wearing a key around one's neck will help to unlock memories hidden by a brain illness?
Read a poem about the Lorax, written in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' writing style.
When Lewy Bodies implant themselves in a human brain it's like beetles that begin to infest a maple tree. Soon nature takes a different course.
Lewis reasons his way back to Christian faith and understands the doubts of other skeptics.
For many years Lewis is an atheist, but his closest friends - like J.R.R. Tolkien - are very religious and eventually he believes in God.
People who have dementia sometimes see things that are not real (but what they see is real to them).
Poe knows Charles Dickens has a pet raven. Perhaps with that in mind, he publishes (on January 29, 1845), one of his most-famous works, "The Raven." L...
Three of the Davies boys die, and Barrie dies of bronchitis in 1937; he leaves all rights to Peter Pan to help fund Great Ormond Street Hospital for C...
Read information about 8 more victims in the Virginia Tech Massacre.
Scholars think the story of Beowulf takes place near the present-day city of Roskilde, not far from Copenhagen.
Shah Jahan builds one of India's symbols the Taj Mahalas a memorial for his favorite wife, Mumatz Mahal.
Before her death in 1968, Helen earns the Presidential Medal of Freedom and joins the Woman's Hall of Fame.
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