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Well, as a woman and a proud feminist apparently I finally have some relevancy in a discussion. Most flattering.

My initial reaction would be to say that of course Louisa May Alcott was a...

There are some good readers on Librivox. Elizabeth Klett is a trained actress and English prof who is my go-to for everything from Austen to Euripides.

They only serve two pancakes each; there can't be heaping stacks lest many non-members accompany their moms to brunch. The pastor’s speech dog-paddles and never reaches shore: the multitudinous...

You people are comforting. Sometimes I feel like I'm such a slow, un-dedicated reader. Last year I read 53 books, and fulfilled my goal to read a book a week. (A few of them I finished off as...

Singing is something that I can be quite passionate about. I say "can be", because several years ago during a lonely time I felt the reason for my depression was not having the opportunities to sing...

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Thank-you, quimi! Yes, I was aware. One contest I'm considering submitting to stipulated that any internet postings be removed prior to submission, so I'm assuming that if that's done it won't...

Ah, but by Jove! I am covetous for gold, so I'm considering a few summer competitions with monetary prizes I saw advertised at the library. I realize that might be the height of hubris.

Thanks so much for your thoughts, prendrelemick! I just wrote it last night, so glad it wasn't too bad a decision to put it out so soon.

As I understand it, since a Spenserian sonnet is three...

An untitled Christmas poem, appearing ere the times are ripe. :p


Woman's cries mingle with infant's,
Stars hide from the primal counterpoint.
The climbing sun sees no new thing;
Blood and...

Thanks, qimi. It's been a while. Yes, I wanted to explore the phrases I default to, even when I may be feeling awful and worthless, or in need of communicating much more.

Not sure if I should transfer poems from previous threads in here too, but here is my first offering to be mauled and criticized. :yikes:


I'm Good

How are you, Anne?
I'm good. And you?...

Thanks. The second part didn't come as easy, so I had more quibbles with it. But now I can see it's more interesting. I'll think about getting more of that dynamic in the beginning.

For the pacific sky set in our hearts,
For the sleeping air, like an infant's breath,
For the earth forgetting the name of Death,
For the stillness hov'ring,'til sharp word starts
Soul from her...

It's so cruel of them to include reprehensible characters. ;) I was pleased to get who I have always identified with: Emma. Not so pleased to get Elton for the male. When I take this quiz I always...

Thanks, those are helpful suggestions. That "and" was probably partly there to keep the meter, but could be replaced or omitted.

I believe in the immortal
Sky that is one, and four, and all;
That in panoply and parade
Changeth not. I believe surging
Grey -- conquering and to conquer --
Is but the counterpoint of sun.
I...

I'm resurrecting this old topic, because I'm about to read MB. I'm going to start online and maybe eventually get to the library and get an annotated version. I think the most common (if not only)...

In the (second?) collection of Alcott's thrillers, "Plots and Counterplots", there's a story about drug use - hashish, I think. Looking at the contents of the book, I'm pretty sure it's the story...

Robert Browning is one of my favorite poets, so I'm going to be making some posts at my blog for his bicentennial (May 7th). I'm looking for quotes about him from other writers, critics, academics or...

Now this is a truly shamefully late reply. My excuse is that I've been distracted by blogging lately. I have to get back into the habit of visiting Litnet regularly, so I don't keep dragging...

Number six owns me. "Go from me, yet I feel that I shall stand henceforward in thy shadow..."

Yeah, burn me again.



Lol. You're clever enough to get out.



Perspicacious basically means "discerning" or "penetratingly perceptive". So actually eagle-eyed works too. ;)

The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) has scores (if not hundreds) of online articles from their journal "Persuasions", most of which are by academics. It's a little hard to search the...

Kiki, you really should burn me in my bed for replying so late. I was too busy to reply when you first posted (over a month ago), and then I kept thinking, "It's too late to post now." But I wanna...