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… of the modern narrative poem. Critics have carefully studied the book’s innovative use of speech rhythms (Frost’s … as Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot. Frost’s commitment to narrative verse (as well as to rhyme and … overlay it with conventional lyric effects, Frost counterpoints it with “the sound of sense.” This famous concept, …

… your life. I worked for a small independent oil and gas company, which was owned by a wealthy individual who drilled … in the world, which in no way care whether America lives or dies, is free or captive, healthy or poisoned—have long … on a mission. I picked up the well logs, put them in my briefcase, climbed out through the window, and continued down …

… as a solitary singer or the leader of a band, he’d wish to command the stage with the same sweaty genius as the guitar … ago. For a poet who dreamed of pressing close to his audience and possessing their very best, rock ’n’ roll would … test for generational experiences and values. At different points in the 19th and 20th centuries he has been a prophet …

… The Lady & The Generals Aung San Suu Kyi, symbolic leader of Burma's National … as it’s likely better known, Burma) is an almost impossibly complicated place. And the woman at the center of its … fact, when I’d arrived at sunset at the edge of town, a soldier had—at first—leveled an AK-47 on me as I walked in a …

… quarter of one right of the New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Company ditch system attached. Farming in the arid expanse … whose efficiency ranges from 40 to 60 percent (some studies report potential efficiencies as high as 80 percent, … in the name of heritage. There have been numerous turning points concerning water in Colorado’s history. One of the …