Dadi, Dadi, Where Have You Gone?
Always have a person in your life with whom you can share all your secrets' For me, you were that person, dadi ...
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The Most Romantic Poems of All Time and What They Mean
Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...
Delving into the murky origins of Valentine’s Day
Many legends claim to explain the origins of Valentine’s Day, but as is the case with legends, they leave many questions ...
Martyrs? Bacchanalia? Chaucer? Delving into the murky origins of Valentine's Day
According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...
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Valentine’s Day has murky origins
Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?
Oscars’ Best Original Song Nominees Sound Off on ‘Disappointing’ Decision to Omit Performances From Telecast in Songwriters Hall of Fame Panel
Songwriters representing all five of the compositions nominated for best original song at the 2025 Academy Awards got ...
The New Yorker turns 100 − how a poker game pipe dream became a publishing powerhouse
(THE CONVERSATION) Literate in tone, far-reaching in scope, and witty to its bones, The New Yorker brought a new – and much-needed – sophistication to American journalism when it launched 100 years ...
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Woman pens poem about Petersburg, a city she has grown to love.
I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...
Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day
Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...
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When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience
Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...
America Magazine1d
The Emily Dickinson poem about love that you should read
By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.
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Mysterious portrait of a woman revealed beneath Picasso painting
Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath ... his style as he developed his famous Blue Period way of painting ...