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"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
My archives are located at Archives of the Cheerful Oncologist, Volume 2
Category: Literary
When used deftly, words can be incisive tools of communication. Finding the best word to describe an emotion or idea tumbling around inside of one's brain should be an exciting and rewarding experience. Such mental exercises keep one's wits sharp...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 10:21 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Literary
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), regarded as one of our nation's greatest poets, broke many barriers with his writing, resulting in criticism, controversy and of course worldwide and everlasting fame. His use of freestyle verse, his audacious (for the times) description of...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:19 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Literary
Housman self-published his first volume of poetry, A Shropshire Lad, just as the Boer War (followed by the World War) aroused a haunting urgency for solace in the British people. His volumes began to sell, and Housman's legacy as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century was building.
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Category: Literary
Before reading the following poem, first take a moment to think of the unexpected events in your life. Think of disappointments and unwanted challenges, of the sudden whirlwind of chaos that blusters and then, as quickly as a traveling storm, rushes past...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Literary
There's nothing like falling in love and then dying of consumption to inspire one to write sublimely, if not in a hurry.
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Category: Literary
Didn't I say, though, that the palace represents more than a joint besieged by the "hideous throng"? If you think you know the answer to the riddle, then...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:55 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Literary
One of the amazing facts of his life is that his poetry was published in 1918 - 29 years after his death. Hopkins is considered one of the greatest poets of the Victorian age, and a writer of stunning imagery and radically new versification - all in the name of faith and love.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:37 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Literary
Anyone who hasn't yet had the pleasure of delving into the complex society of the former residents of Spoon River are missing out on a true gem of literature.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:53 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Literary
[Editor's Note: The narrator, in addition to being a day late again, has identified this week's poet by his given name; since most readers won't recognize this we shall provide the poet's nom de plume: Pablo Neruda.] No one would...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 2:59 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Literary
He was killed by German machine gun fire on November 4, 1918 while wading across the Sambre-Oise Canal in northern France. His mother received the telegram announcing his death one week later, on Armistice Day.
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