A Wonderful Day For Revenge

It was a beautiful, sunny day with a gentle, pleasant breeze. I was dressed in a white polo shirt and khakis and holding a small black bag, as to look like a door-door salesman; how else would i expect someone to open a door for me? I walked down the sidewalk at a leisurely pace as i listened to the birds chirping in the trees, I couldn't help but smiling, their song was beautiful. The sun shone s

A Wonderful Day For Revenge

Walter Scott and bombast

Walter Scott was the most popular novelist of all time, based on percentage of novels sole that were penned by him. He was also a renowned poet.

His reputation has waned over the past century or so, as critics have preferred psychological nuance and realism to adventure and bombast. G.K. Chesterton (writing about Scott) said that he who fears bombast will never rise to eloquence. Scott (li

Walter Scott and bombast

late Victorian gloom

Signed up for some more late Victorian gloom with this. This book is not about feminists, struggling writers or the working class this time, but the idle rich. At least they are to start off with. Harvey Rolfe marries a beautiful and charming woman about 13 years younger than himself. I don't know, I just have this intuition that the marriage will not continue to be a happy and successful one.

late Victorian gloom

Any contemporary New York poetry magazines or books to look out for?

A friend of mine is visiting New York. He rather foolishly offered to bring stuff back. So, I was wondering if anyone could suggest any poets, poetry magazines or books he might be able to (easily) find.

Who is the cutting edge of New York poetry and in which publications can we find them?

(And if anyone has any web pages - please share them)

Any contemporary New York poetry magazines or books to look out for?

She Waits For Him

She Waits For Him

I waited for him to come,
I could feel the aching
hallow inside of me,

yet I trembled in fear
at the thought of his fingers
upon my skin,

would the burning desire
engulf my soul
my heart chard to ashes,
my skin smoldering?

Or would I be turned to stone,
frozen, paralyzed in awe,
my need so great
the weight of it
keeps me anchored,
my throat tig

She Waits For Him

oliver goldsmith

is a well-loved author & playwright, but did he or a namesake also write A History of the Roman Empire? Online is very confused about this!

And when exactly ws it first published?

oliver goldsmith

The dictionaries you use

Hello everyone!

Here you may list the dictionaries you use when you read (and thesauri as well :) )

Mine are:
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 volumes)
Oxford Illustrated Dictionary
Oxford Thesaurus of English
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

The dictionaries you use