How long has it been since you’ve read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”? Really? That long? Well, it’s creepy AF. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten…

This isn’t Monday Recommends, but I have to tell you about this poet names Joseph Hesch. He has a website called A Thing For Words on which he writes poetry, sometimes on a daily streak. His poetry is always good, usually excellent, and more than…

My Kentucky country relatives used figurative language so colorful and specific, it amounted to poetry. I mean, yeah, “a toothy grin” paints a picture, but there’s nothing striking about the image. Ah, but my Kentucky country relatives never used “a toothy grin” to describe a…