London Underground runs competition for schoolchildren; press release advises of the prize-winning poem: "London is packed with beautiful places … gulfstream/466
[Harold] Bloom is famous for his memory and his reading speed. He has memorized a large proportion of canonical poetry written in English; once, when … quotes/256
Almost as soon as I had sent off a poem to The New Yorker, it would be back in our mailbox in Berlin. The postal service was, of course, incomparably … quotes/232
"If anyone wants to clap," said Eeyore when he had read this, "now is the time to do it." They all clapped. "Thank you," said Eeyore. "Unexpected and … pooh/87
But whatever his weight in pounds, shillings and ounces, He always seems bigger because of his bounces. "And that's the whole poem," he said. … pooh/48
We spent most of the morning talking, and reading of _The Seige of Rhodes_, which is certainly (the more I read it the more I think so) the best poem … pepys/167
"Would you kindly tell me the meaning of the poem called `Jabberwocky'?" "Let's hear it," said Humpty Dumpty. "I can explain all the poems that ever … alice/44
44. Lake Isle of Innisfree. William Butler Yeats. Modern British Poetry