Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the west Hills of long Island, NY. His mother, Louisa Van Velsor, of Dutch descent and Quaker faith, whom he adored, was barely literate. She never read his poetry, but gave him unconditional love.
In 1855, Whitman took out a copyright on the first edition of Leaves of Grass, which consisted of twelve untitled poem and a preface. He published the volume himself, and sent a copy to Emerson in July of 1855. He then released a second edition of the book in 1856, containing thirty-three poems, a letter from Emerson praising the first edition, and a long open letter by Whitman in response.
After his death on March 26, 1892, Whitman was buried in a tomb he designed and had built on a lot in Harleigh Cemetery.
"A Clear Midnight"
This is thy hour o soul, they
free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art,
the day erased, the lesson
done,
The fully forth emerging,
Silent, gazing pondering the themes
thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death and the stars
Friday, May 16, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas was born in Wales in 1914. He was a neurotic, sickly child who shied away from school and preferred reading on his own; he read all of D. H. Lawrence's poetry, impressed by Lawrence's descriptions of a vivid natural world.
His first book, Eighteen Poems, was published to great acclaim when he was twenty. Thomas did not sympathize with T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden's thematic concerns with social and intellectual issues, and his writing, with its intense lyricism and highly charged emotion, has more in common with the Romantic tradition. Thomas was the archetypal Romantic poet of the popular American imagination: he was flamboyantly theatrical, a heavy drinker, engaged in roaring disputes in public, and read his work aloud with tremendous depth of feeling.
Tragically, he died from alcoholism at the age of 39 after a particularly long drinking bout in New York City in 1953.
My Hero Bares His Nerves
My hero bares his nerves along my wrist That rules from wrist to shoulder,Unpacks the head that, like a sleepy ghost,Leans on my mortal ruler,The proud spine spurning turn and twist.
And these poor nerves so wired to the skull Ache on the lovelorn paper I hug to love with my unruly scrawl That utters all love hunger And tells the page the empty ill.
My hero bares my side and sees his heart Tread, like a naked Venus,The beach of flesh, and wind her bloodred plait;Stripping my loin of promise,He promises a secret heat.
He holds the wire from the box of nerves Praising the mortal error Of birth and death, the two sad knaves of thieves,And the hunger's emperor;He pulls the chain, the cistern moves.
His first book, Eighteen Poems, was published to great acclaim when he was twenty. Thomas did not sympathize with T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden's thematic concerns with social and intellectual issues, and his writing, with its intense lyricism and highly charged emotion, has more in common with the Romantic tradition. Thomas was the archetypal Romantic poet of the popular American imagination: he was flamboyantly theatrical, a heavy drinker, engaged in roaring disputes in public, and read his work aloud with tremendous depth of feeling.
Tragically, he died from alcoholism at the age of 39 after a particularly long drinking bout in New York City in 1953.
My Hero Bares His Nerves
My hero bares his nerves along my wrist That rules from wrist to shoulder,Unpacks the head that, like a sleepy ghost,Leans on my mortal ruler,The proud spine spurning turn and twist.
And these poor nerves so wired to the skull Ache on the lovelorn paper I hug to love with my unruly scrawl That utters all love hunger And tells the page the empty ill.
My hero bares my side and sees his heart Tread, like a naked Venus,The beach of flesh, and wind her bloodred plait;Stripping my loin of promise,He promises a secret heat.
He holds the wire from the box of nerves Praising the mortal error Of birth and death, the two sad knaves of thieves,And the hunger's emperor;He pulls the chain, the cistern moves.
T.S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life and attended Harvard University. In 1910, he left the United States for the Sorbonne, having earned both undergraduate and masters degrees and having contributed several poems to the Harvard Advocate.
It was in London that Eliot came under the influence of his contemporary Ezra Pound, who recognized his poetic genius at once, and assisted in the publication of his work in a number of magazines, most notably "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in Poetry in 1915. His first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917, and immediately established him as a leading poet of the avant-garde.
As a poet, he transmuted his affinity for the English metaphysical poets of the 17th century (most notably John Donne) and the 19th century French symbolist poets (including Baudelaire and Laforgue) into radical innovations in poetic technique and subject matter. His poems in many respects articulated the disillusionment of a younger post-World-War-I generation with the values and conventions—both literary and social—of the Victorian era.
He became a British citizen in 1927; long associated with the publishing house of Faber & Faber, he published many younger poets, and eventually became director of the firm. After a notoriously unhappy first marriage, Eliot separated from his first wife in 1933, and was remarried, to Valerie Fletcher, in 1956. T. S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, and died in London in 1965.
The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
It was in London that Eliot came under the influence of his contemporary Ezra Pound, who recognized his poetic genius at once, and assisted in the publication of his work in a number of magazines, most notably "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in Poetry in 1915. His first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917, and immediately established him as a leading poet of the avant-garde.
As a poet, he transmuted his affinity for the English metaphysical poets of the 17th century (most notably John Donne) and the 19th century French symbolist poets (including Baudelaire and Laforgue) into radical innovations in poetic technique and subject matter. His poems in many respects articulated the disillusionment of a younger post-World-War-I generation with the values and conventions—both literary and social—of the Victorian era.
He became a British citizen in 1927; long associated with the publishing house of Faber & Faber, he published many younger poets, and eventually became director of the firm. After a notoriously unhappy first marriage, Eliot separated from his first wife in 1933, and was remarried, to Valerie Fletcher, in 1956. T. S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, and died in London in 1965.
The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Donald Trump
Dear Donald Trump:
I am writing this letter to you to inform you that I would be a great candidate for your show, Student Eprentis. I want to introduce you to my company, Freak Danger Zone. I am not the only one in this business. There's Richard Tyler which whom is the CEO. There's also Dashaun Smith which is the vice president. My role in this business is the vice president as well.
I am writing this letter to you to inform you that I would be a great candidate for your show, Student Eprentis. I want to introduce you to my company, Freak Danger Zone. I am not the only one in this business. There's Richard Tyler which whom is the CEO. There's also Dashaun Smith which is the vice president. My role in this business is the vice president as well.
Taurien for president
Good Morning America,
My name is Taurien Wiggins and I'm running for president. When I become president I'm going to make this world a better place. I will build more and better schools. I would even have better health care. Another thing I would is lower snacks and make reasonable gas prices. For example, chips are 35 cents now but just a month ago they were 25 cent. Gas prices are going to be decreased to because the gas is ridicules now and days. Soon people will be buying transpasses and getting on the bus and we don't want that. Another thing that needs to be resolved is violence. To many young children are getting kill
My name is Taurien Wiggins and I'm running for president. When I become president I'm going to make this world a better place. I will build more and better schools. I would even have better health care. Another thing I would is lower snacks and make reasonable gas prices. For example, chips are 35 cents now but just a month ago they were 25 cent. Gas prices are going to be decreased to because the gas is ridicules now and days. Soon people will be buying transpasses and getting on the bus and we don't want that. Another thing that needs to be resolved is violence. To many young children are getting kill
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dwight Evans Biography
In this brief essay, i will be talking to you about Dwight Evans biography. Now in reading this i hope you learn something of it.
Dwight Evans was born on May 16, 1954 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Dwight grew up in German town and in West Oak Lane. He graduated of the Community College of Philadelphia and Lasalle University. After he graduated from college, he became a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia and Community activist for the Urban League.
Evans was first elected to office in 1980. His district, which encompasses West Oak Lane in Philadelphia, is strongly Democratic with a 95% African American Population. Since Dwight has taken office, he was running for higher office four times unsuccessfully. In 1994, Evans became the first African American candidate to seek the office of Governor of P.A. inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News.
Dwight Evans however still finished third in the primary with 22%. In 1999, in the race to succeed, Dwight finished fifth with 4.7% of a crowded primary won by John F. Street. In 2007, despite comments by Governor Rendell that Dwight Evans was the ' best qualified' for mayor, he still finished fifth again taking only 7.82% of the vote.
Dwight does not make decisions based upon what is politically all peaches in creame, he makes them based on what he thinks the long term commitment will look like. History will prove whether he was right or wrong, but in a time when pay-to-play politics, corruption, mismanagement, political infighting, and opposition suppression runs wild in City Hall and in the local democratic party, we have a man in this race who is able to cover all that.
In conclusion, that was a little something something about Dwight biography and I hope you got something out of it.
Dwight Evans was born on May 16, 1954 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Dwight grew up in German town and in West Oak Lane. He graduated of the Community College of Philadelphia and Lasalle University. After he graduated from college, he became a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia and Community activist for the Urban League.
Evans was first elected to office in 1980. His district, which encompasses West Oak Lane in Philadelphia, is strongly Democratic with a 95% African American Population. Since Dwight has taken office, he was running for higher office four times unsuccessfully. In 1994, Evans became the first African American candidate to seek the office of Governor of P.A. inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News.
Dwight Evans however still finished third in the primary with 22%. In 1999, in the race to succeed, Dwight finished fifth with 4.7% of a crowded primary won by John F. Street. In 2007, despite comments by Governor Rendell that Dwight Evans was the ' best qualified' for mayor, he still finished fifth again taking only 7.82% of the vote.
Dwight does not make decisions based upon what is politically all peaches in creame, he makes them based on what he thinks the long term commitment will look like. History will prove whether he was right or wrong, but in a time when pay-to-play politics, corruption, mismanagement, political infighting, and opposition suppression runs wild in City Hall and in the local democratic party, we have a man in this race who is able to cover all that.
In conclusion, that was a little something something about Dwight biography and I hope you got something out of it.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
March 28 African American History Homework
1.British
2.War
3.French
4.convention
5.people
6.president
7.court
8.rights
9.Washington
10.president
11.county
12.vote
13.18
2.War
3.French
4.convention
5.people
6.president
7.court
8.rights
9.Washington
10.president
11.county
12.vote
13.18
Reviewer’s Name Taurien wiggins Writer’s Name Danesha Glenn PEER EDITING/REVISION WORKSHEET FOR EXPOSITORY ENTRIESEntry Number __1___ Entry Title HonestyEDITOR’S COMMENTS:1. Statement explains the topic that the writer is going to discuss. YES Write the topic here. The topic is about why honesty is important2. Reason explains why the topic is important. YES 3. Example #1 shows why the statement and reason are correct. YES 4. Explanation #1 ties example #1 back to the statement and reason. YES How? When she gave a explanation, she back it up with a strong example.5. Example #2 shows why the statement and reason are correct. YES 6. Explanation #2 ties example #2 back to the statement and reason. YES How? Again, when she gave an explanation, she back it up with a heavy example.7. "What Difference Does it Make?" wraps up the entire entry byproviding a "big picture" view of why what writer said is important. YES 8. Writer uses vocabulary relevant to detective fiction. YES9. I circled punctuation, mechanical, and structural errors. YES10. I conferenced with the writer about his/her entry. YES Return this form to the writer so that s/he can attach it to his/her rough drafts.WRITER’S COMMENTS:1. The editor’s comments were helpful to me. YES 2. I understood what the editor wanted me to do. YES 3. I feel confident that I can make the necessary revisions. YES 4. At my next conference with the teacher, I need to discuss or ask about the following:
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In this brief four to five paragraph essay i will be talking about honesty in the policy. I will be giving you two examples on good honesty and I will be giving you two examples on bad honesty.
First off I want to say is that good honesty is the key in life. For example, being truthful to someone is a good policy for honesty because if you lie to someone constantly, then that person wouldn't no if to trust you or not about stuff because you lie about every little thing.
Now I want to say is that a bad policy of honesty in life is not good. For example, it's like if you don't tell the truth your not only hurting who your lien to but your also hurting yourself because nobody wouldn't no what to think of you anymore. Another example of a bad honesty policy is that if constantly, constantly, constantly keep lien without no thought of telling the truth. That's a bad honesty policy because it's all going to come back around to you in a matter of time. It's like when you lie and then lie over top of that lie then the truth is eventually going to come out at the end and you is just getting yourself in more trouble.
Last off I want to say is that I'm a great example of a good honesty. For example, I don't lie if it's something petty. I'm getting to old to be lien over something that's real little. I no people want to lie so they wont get in trouble but, you got to think of it as if you don't tell the truth now, then at then end when the truth come out your going to be in much more trouble then you was if you told the truth in the first place.
In conclusion, I just want to say that there's no reason to lie. I no it might seem like your going to get in so much trouble but it wont be as worst as if you lie.
First off I want to say is that good honesty is the key in life. For example, being truthful to someone is a good policy for honesty because if you lie to someone constantly, then that person wouldn't no if to trust you or not about stuff because you lie about every little thing.
Now I want to say is that a bad policy of honesty in life is not good. For example, it's like if you don't tell the truth your not only hurting who your lien to but your also hurting yourself because nobody wouldn't no what to think of you anymore. Another example of a bad honesty policy is that if constantly, constantly, constantly keep lien without no thought of telling the truth. That's a bad honesty policy because it's all going to come back around to you in a matter of time. It's like when you lie and then lie over top of that lie then the truth is eventually going to come out at the end and you is just getting yourself in more trouble.
Last off I want to say is that I'm a great example of a good honesty. For example, I don't lie if it's something petty. I'm getting to old to be lien over something that's real little. I no people want to lie so they wont get in trouble but, you got to think of it as if you don't tell the truth now, then at then end when the truth come out your going to be in much more trouble then you was if you told the truth in the first place.
In conclusion, I just want to say that there's no reason to lie. I no it might seem like your going to get in so much trouble but it wont be as worst as if you lie.
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