English Language - A Linguistic Hodgepodge, So It Seems

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One gets lots of funny stuff in the e-mail, like this poem about the inconsistencies and peculiarities of the English language. (Those who are familiar with the development of English from the Old English period to today’s Late Modern English period will understand why it’s such a mish-mash; the author is presumably not!)
ONLY THE [...]

Death & Love, Bittersweet

I like Rossetti’s poetry. She writes about death and love in a bittersweet manner.
Remember
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day.
You tell me of our future [...]

Story-Inspired Poem

This is a poem on the book I reviewed in the previous post. Simple and just about sums up the book!
Friendship on The Cay
Timothy and Phillip
were friends to the end,
Nothing could make their
friendship bend.
Phillip depended on
Timothy’s eyes,
To help him, to feed him …
Timothy was wise.
Timothy was a smart
friendly man,
He saved all their supplies
in a little [...]