Poetry and Prose: A Poetry Blog
Through Poetry
“Oh, there isn’t any, when you put it that way,” gasped Anne, rather as if somebody had thrown cold water over her. “I suppose that’s how it looks in prose. But it’s very different if you look at it through poetry…and I think it’s nicer…” Anne recovered herself and her eyes shone and her cheeks flushed…”to look at it through poetry.”
Anne of Avonlea, L. M. Montgomery
A blog on Poetry and Prose.
Here is looking at it all
through poetry, through rhyme
and the shine of unshed tears and
unsaid words, birds of fleeting emotions flitting by, just as alive
as the everpresent eagle.
For words might lie, shy away from reality, try, try harder
words might cry tears of desperate ink,
try again
but words never die.
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Poems about Courage: 8 Reminders to Take the Jump Now
But you gotta have courage, you know? You can’t just sit and stare at the mountain forever, you can’t just hope forever that someone comes to save you from something you need to conquer yourself. You can’t just hope someone gives you the courage to jump. No. No, you have…
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Magical Poems About May: Capture the Surrealism
Hellow! May is (almost) here! And I’ve got my birthday coming up, maybe that’s why I’m always so excited about this particular month. In the honor of it being my birthday month, I’ve compiled this collection of all poems about May that remind you of the freedom, love, laughter, beauty,…
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Poems About Girlhood: From Plath to Dickinson
There are girls. Then there’s their girlhood. And then, there are poems about girlhood. Somehow, even after girls grow up and become women, these poems stay with them, just like the thought of girlhood does, like the nostalgia, the memories, the happy dreams and the summer days and the muddy…
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“21 Day Poem-Reading Spree” Sign up For the Free Newsletter
A poem a day keeps the mundanity away. I made that up, yeah. But here’s me introducing a poem-reading challenge to you. Because reading a poem every single day of your life is actually going to take you to places anything else might not. Why? Because this history has shown…
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31 Poems About Summer to Read this July: Classic and Classy
Hello! Summer’s gonna be here soon, and heaven knows I’m sick of winter (partly because I caught cold some, four times last season). To welcome this amazing, uplifting, hopeful-looking summer of 2025 I’ve compiled this post of 31 poems about summer that celebrate the beautiful, lush early mornings, windy evenings…
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Letters in Pride and Prejudice: A Short Essay
Letters are important in the world of Pride and Prejudice, the 1813 novel by Jane Austen. Letters start everything and letters end everything. Letters seems like important, private conversations. Letters in Pride and Prejudice do more than just convey words—they unravel secrets and expose someone’s vulnerabilities, and keep the story’s…
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Idea of Love in the Story of Orpheus and Eurydice
So, basically, this article was inspired by an Instagram post. That’s just the way I function. I read about old Greek tragedies on the internet, end up writing a poem about them, and then follow up the poem with a big life lesson. I serve the lesson here to you.…
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Emily Dickinson’s Poetry That You Need to Read Right Now!
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Let me count the langauges in which this stanza speaks to me. Let me count the ways in which Emily Dickinson’s poetry never fails to pull me in. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn…
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99+ Motivational Quotes for Life and Love
Life and love can be challenging, but the right words can uplift and inspire. In this post, discover 99+ motivational quotes for life and love designed to spark your inner strength and passion and lift you upward today. Featuring famous thinkers and everyday heroes, classic literature and modern television, these…
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A Poetry Collection: Light At The End Of The Tunnel
There is always something that ends what has been stretching on for infinity. There is always something at the end of the tunnel which makes us keep going. Some call it hope, or light, or peace, or love. There is always something we’re always reaching for, and we think we…
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Inspirational Poems About Life to Find Hope Again
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. – T S Eliot And here I am, truly hoping that this communicates. Inspirational Poems About Life Life can often feel overwhelming, leaving us grasping around for a strand of hope to lift us out of the darkness. It is easy to…
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Home and Hope: 3 Short Poems
These are a couple of short poems I wrote about home and about hope and about how, more often than not, those two are the exact same thing. One of my favourite poems about hope is Hope is a thing with feathers by Emily Dickenson. Because Hope is a thing…