The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Podcast of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Watch this video on YouTube Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I…
Annie’s Song by John Denver Annie’s Song by John Denver Artist: John Denver Album: Back Home Again Released: 1974 Genre: Folk, Country Watch this video on YouTube Source of Lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/ You fill up my senses like a night in the forest, like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain, like a storm in the…
The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was originally published in Vogue in December 6, 1894. It is in the public domain and was accessed through Wikisource. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as…
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air…
The Rocking-horse Winner The Rocking-horse Winner There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had boney children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked…
Araby by James Joyce Araby by James Joyce North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street,…
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned…
Simply the Best by Tina Turner Simply the Best by Tina Turner Artist: Tina Turner Album: Foreign Affair Released: 1989 Genre: Adult Contemporary Watch this video on YouTube Source of Lyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com I call you when I need you When my heart’s on fire You come to me, come to me Wild and wired You come to me,…
Beloved Beloved (adj) /bɪˈlʌv.ɪd/ /-ˈlʌvd/ loved very much – adored – dearly loved – cherished – much-loved – treasured – darling – favorite – dear: Beloved in context She still mourns the tragic death of her beloved husband. In the quiet town of Marigold, nestled between rolling hills and a shimmering lake, lived an elderly…
Once Upon a Time | An English Short Story Once Upon a Time Written by ShaPour KhodaParast Not so far away, nor so near, a time in-between, therefore it was so far away and so near, mixed with your pleasant imagination. Then once upon a time, and it was me, noticing a lonely man in…