Tag: greek

• The Faerie Queene, Book 2: A Reflection that includes What the Author Could Have Been Thinking

  

  I finished Faerie Queene, Book 2 this evening! It is a medieval era epic poem in early modern English, which is the period of English language that Shakespeare was writing and also known as Elizabethan English, spanning a few hundred years. Faerie Queene would’ve been written just a little earlier than Shakespeare’s writing—in the mid-1500s.…

  03/10/2023 4:08 pm

  16th century, book reflection, book review, books, classics, edmund spenser, english education, english literature, fairies, greece, greek, medieval era, my photography, mythology, night, poetry, poets, relaxation, retreat, writing theory

• Author and Poet, May Ziadeh’s Birthday

  

  Happy birthday, Mayy! 😊💕136 never looked so good! (…and that is earth years.) 😊🎊 b. Feb. 11, 1886 in Nazareth, lived in Egypt and Lebanon, d. Oct. 17, 1941 in Cairo. May Elias Ziadeh was a writer and editor, author of poetry, biographies and fiction, knew nine languages, was a speaker, translator, and tutor, and…

  02/11/2022 4:27 pm

  19th century, 20th century, Aisha taymur, arabic, art, boston, catholic, dreams, egypt, french, garden, greek, handwritten, home, interior design, lebanon, literary salon we keep, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, moon, morningtime, music, my photography, nature, nazareth, non-fiction, poetic, poetry, poetry by may ziadeh, poets, self portraits, sky, spirituality, sun, turkey, writing theory, writings by may ziadeh

• From Sky to Earth and Earth to Sky, So Little Distance

  “When the world tore my heart with its evil and littleness, my bird sang and made me forget the ugliness of folly and think of the beauty of everything splendid.”—May Ziadeh * June 10, 2021: Afternoon moment of rest, I took out the poems of hers I’d handwritten and read one; I saw then in…

  06/10/2021 2:33 pm

  20th century, boston, catholic, dreams, french, gratitude, greek, lebanon, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, mythology, nature, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poets, prose poetry, sky, spirituality, sun, wellness, writings by may ziadeh