Sing Along

Why not? Hope it will cheer the spirits, after getting a phone call  and txt saying all classes are NOT canceled.

Ode on Melancholy

John Keats

No, no! go not to Lethe, neither twist

Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;

Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd

By nightshade, ruby grape of Proserpine;

Make not your rosary of yew-berries,

Nor let the beetle, nor the death-moth be

Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl

A partner in your sorrow's mysteries;

For shade to shade will come too drowsily,

And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul.

But when the melancholy fit shall fall

Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud,

That fosters the droop-headed flowers all,

And hides the green hill in an April shroud;

Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose.

Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave,

Or on the wealth of globèd peonies;

Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows,

Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave.

And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes.

She dwells with Beauty—Beauty that must die;

And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips

Bidding adieu; and aching Pleasure nigh,

Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:

Ay, in the very temple of Delight

Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine,

Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue

Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine;

His soul shall taste the sadness of her might,

And be among her cloudy trophies hung. **Keats shows us here how we cannot experience and enjoy the pleasure of joy without feeling the hardship and suffering of despair and gloom. I love that idea! Think about it. <333

About Me etc.

I love to read. I love to write. My imagination runs free most of the time. I find something to write about when I allow myself to wander. To me, the imagination is a writer's best friend.

 In books, I prefer fictional stories, especially historical fiction. My own writing is all fiction. I've been busy writing a few novels that are just waiting to be published. I can dream, can't I?  
 I fairly enjoy writing poetry because of its power to bring forth unparalleled emotions and images in as little as a few lines. Free style works best, I think, because there really are no rules to follow.

My favorite author is Jane Austen. Her books were the reason I began taking writing seriously.
Here is one of many sites: http://www.austen.com/
Though many people might only see her work as simple and romantic, she has subtly embedded many controversial concepts within her works. It's daring, brilliant, and quite educational.