Wilfred Owen’s poem “Disabled” is about a soldier who came home from WWI missing limbs, and how this disability changed his life. This poem was written when Owen was in Craiglockhart War Hospital being treated for shell shock. It is very likely that he saw numerous soldiers like the one he describes in this poem ...
My friend was 29 when she found out she had cancer. It had started in her pancreas and quickly spread everywhere: liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and womb. Like almost anyone sentenced to death at 29, she looked around desperately for some promise of hope. That promise came in the form of tong ren–a form of ...
Julia Roberts has been one of the most popular actresses in the last couple decades. Here is a list of some of Julia Roberts’ best movies of all time. 1. “Pretty Woman” – A prostitute gives a businessman directions and ends up spending the week with him while at the same time get closer with ...
Budgets. The very word evokes a headache. Church music budget. Even worse. Budgets are necessary to any church ministry. How else can you know if you are being a good steward of the church’s (and God’s!) money? For me, figuring out the church music budget was never fun or easy, but it was always an ...
On the evening of March 31, 1968, just as many American families had finished washing their dishes in the kitchen; President Lyndon Baines Johnson appeared on their television screens in the living room. He wanted to talk to them about “peace in Vietnam.” This was an unusual way for him to begin his address. During ...
The poem by A. E. Housman, “To an Athlete Dying Young”, is self explanatory from its title yet goes deeper into the effects it will have on the young man’s legacy. The author uses an easy to understand language with a mixture of metaphors and blunt statements that flow together in such a way that ...
The poem To an Athlete Dying Young was written by a somewhat famous poet named Alfred Edward (A.E.) Housman. According to Twentieth Century Authors, he was born in 1859 and died in 1936, and was the oldest of seven children. His younger brother was also a well known poet, by the name of Laurence Housman. ...
