Sonnet V from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"I lift my heavy heart up solemnly," wrote English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in her love poem Sonnet V in her Sonnets from the Portuguese. To read that classic love poem in its entirety, click here.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806-1861

Wife of English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889)

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens

Read this classic poem that is good for children: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens

To read an article about that poem, an article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, click here.

Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)

American poet

Petula Clark sings The Beatles' "Blackbird" by Lennon and McCartney (Official Audio)

Quotation from Katharine Hepburn on Regrets

     On this day in 2003, according to the Associated Press, "actress Katharine Hepburn died in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, at age 96."
     Today the Associated Press quotes Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) as saying, "I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid."

Katharine Hepburn

American actress

"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman

Read this classic poem: I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

American poet

"Che Fece . . . Il Gran Rifiuto" by C. P. Cavafy

Read the poem "Che Fece . . . Il Gran Rifiuto" ("That he made . . . The Great Refusal") by Greek poet C. P. Cavafy, 1863-1933. To read that poem, click here.

Constantine P. Cavafy, 1863-1933
Greek poet