Being a ‘phenomenal woman’ is not about being a certain size, or a particular shape. It’s about how you carry yourself, and how you behave. As with several other classic Maya Angelou poems, ‘Phenomenal Woman’ is about being unbowed, about holding one’s head high and being proud of who one is. This is summed up well in the reference to meeting with triumph and disaster and ‘treat[ing] those two impostors just the same’ – in other words, be magnanimous in victory and success (don’t gloat or crow about it) and be dignified and noble in defeat or times of trouble (don’t moan or throw your toys out of the pram).

In just eight short lines, probably the best-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-67), gives us words to live by – reminding us that it’s important to ‘hold fast to your dreams’ because a life without them is a ‘barren field’.To look at the night sky is to look into the past: we are looking at stars, not as they are now, but as they were thousands, perhaps even millions of years ago. Get commentary on the Futures and Commodities markets from industry experts and trusted Barchart partners. Futures Heat Map I’m so siced about the Barbie movie. I just watched the latest trailer. I felt a fluttering in the stummy. Cosmic and Technological Themes: It touches on cosmic events and technological advancements, highlighting their impact on society and the need for coordinated responses. There's a sense of concern about how these developments are affecting human rights.

Response to Adversity: The poem hints at the idea of facing adversity with intelligence and counteroffensives, drawing a parallel between personal challenges and broader societal issues. The bus routes and train lines look like ‘fairground rides’ (for trains read ghost trains) or ‘executive toys’, combining work and play in an unattainable ideal. Even the material from which the model town is constructed is light: balsa wood. Prayer is powerful, and many times people who prayer daily are much happier. You may also want to read Highlights Futures Contracts that have unusually large price movement relative to their usual pattern, meaning ETFs that are seeing breakouts or abnormally large bull or bear moves. There may be trading opportunities in these large-movement ETFs. Futures Commentary Howe turns her thoughts to science as prediction in the second half of this sonnet, making it a fine note on which to conclude this selection of poems about the future.The poem, The Road to Happiness, contains much wisdom in its verses. You may also be inspired by our collection of This enigmatic poem uses the metaphor of an early morning horse-ride to explore numerous shifting notions of identity. To The Foundation Of Learning That Guides Our Way. Poem 4 In The Realm Of Learning, Where Knowledge Unfurls, Some of the oldest poems in various cultures are epics: stories which tell of the founding of a great city or empire, or which provide a shared narrative to bring a particular people together. But strictly speaking, an epic poem is a long narrative poem dealing with ‘epic’ themes and subject-matter: war, adventure, a clash of civilisations, and many other things.

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Much has been written about happiness in both poetry and thoughts. Below find the thoughts of Grace Gold about happiness: To The Power Of Education, Forever Renowned. Poem 6 In The Realm Of Academia, Where Knowledge Takes Flight, Not to be confused with an epigraph (a quotation which prefaces a book, poem, or chapter) or an epitaph (an inscription on a gravestone), an epigram is a short, pithy poem which usually makes a wise and/or witty point. Many of the poems of Ogden Nash can be categorised as epigrams. The reputations of the Thirties Poets, and how individual reputations have changed over time, are curious: Auden has remained popular and (thanks partly to Four Weddings and a Funeral) continues to enjoy a very healthy readership; Stephen Spender is now little-read except for a few anthology favourites; and Louis MacNeice, in many ways a more Romantic poet than either of his fellow Thirties Poets, has become more and more acclaimed as time has gone on. A Japanese form which, when used in English at least, contains three lines, with the lines comprising five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables respectively, adding up (always) to seventeen.