Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Mother’s Ghost: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

May 6, 2011 by  
Filed under Holidays, Paranormal, The Unexplained

Vintage engraving from 1877 of a man being haunted by the ghost of a woman.

Share! TweetI wanted to do something special on Extraordinary Intelligence for Mother’s Day.  I tried to think of ways to celebrate moms, grandmas, aunties, etc… but no one can do it like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did with The Mother’s Ghost. This poem is part of a larger Longfellow compilation called Tales of a Wayside Inn.  [...]

Extraordinary Poetry: Rickster Leahy

May 12, 2010 by  
Filed under The Unexplained

Share! TweetApril 2010 was National Poetry Month.  Well, those who know Natalina are well aware that she likes to be fashionably late… (read: procrastination).   However, as one who dabbles a bit in poetry and prose, I have a keen appreciation for a talented writer.  Further, I am overjoyed when I come upon a writer with [...]