Guilt So many times, it's all happened before, And as I get older, it happens more and more. They say "I Love You" when all they want is sex, And I'm left wondering, "What happens next?" I've had my share of insults, from "ugly" to "fat" to "hoe", And no matter how they hurt, I never let ...

In the poem "Swan and Shadow," John Hollander makes use of several visual images in order to emphasize the beauty and meaning of his poem. Some of the phrases seem broken, such as, "No of water Or something across Breaking up No Being regathered," but these phrases seem to imitat...

The vivid memory of the fourth of July spent under dark Arizona skies never leaves me. I sat on the solid Diamondbacks baseball diamond waiting patiently for the show to start. With each eager breath I took, the sweltering hot air seemed to wrap around my lungs and nearly suffocate me. I was stil...