Mad Girl’s Love Song: Which Thunderbird Should Sylvia Plath Have Fallen In Love With?
In 1953 Sylvia Plath wrote one of her most famous poems the villanelle Mad Girl’s Love Song inspired by the anguish of waiting for a lover who never arrives....
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The World’s Shortest Poem and Muhammad Ali
As Black History Month begins today on National Poetry Day, it brings to mind how a little-known poem by Muhammad Ali became a contender for the world’s shortest poem. Previously, the generally accepted holder of this title was poet Strickland Gillilan, that was until, Ali the greatest boxer of...
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