A Quiet Journey through Literary Depths
A Poem That Walks in Rhyme, Laughs in Rebellion, and Stares You Down While Wearing Heels ABS Believes:Some poems whisper empowerment. This one struts it.If dignity were a dance move, Still I Rise would be the encore. Maya Angelou: The Voice That Didn’t Just Speak—She Rose Poet, memoirist, performer, and quiet destroyer of nonsense—Maya Angelou […]
Seven Dropouts, One Pool Hall, and a Poem That Ends Before They Do ABS Believes:Coolness is temporary. Consequences are permanent.When you live for the vibe, you often miss the epilogue. Gwendolyn Brooks: Poet, Prophet, and Master of Minimalist Mic Drops Born in 1917 and sharper than your syllabus, Gwendolyn Brooks didn’t need 400 stanzas to
Sylvia Plath’s Silent Psychologist Tells You the Truth You Didn’t Ask For ABS Believes:Sometimes poetry doesn’t speak. It reflects.And sometimes the scariest part of your house isn’t the attic—it’s the bathroom mirror. Welcome to the World of Reflective Horror Sylvia Plath didn’t write poems. She wrote precision instruments. And in Mirror, she gave us a
Lyric-Scroll 010: Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Most Existential of Them All? Read More »
Marriage, Metaphors, and the Art of Looking Fierce in Embroidery ABS Believes:If you can’t roar out loud, stitch your rebellion into fabric.Some women wear strength. Others sew it—and let it outlive them. Meet Aunt Jennifer: The Quietest Rebel in the Yarn Aisle Adrienne Rich gave us poetry that raged. But Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers doesn’t
Lyric-Scroll 009: The Embroidered Roar: When Feminism Hid in Wool and Still Bit Back Read More »
Stoicism, Sweat, and One Man’s Quest to Explain Manhood in 32 Lines (Without Breathing) ABS Believes:Some poems hold your hand. This one slaps it, gives you a checklist, and walks off.“If—” is less a poem, more a poetic gym instructor yelling through rhyme. Kipling: The Poet Who Wrote Pep Talks in Pentameter Rudyard Kipling didn’t
A Poem About Tea, Time, Bald Spots, and the Unbearable Weight of Maybe ABS Believes:Some love songs serenade others. This one apologizes to itself before saying hello.Poetry doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, it just measures life in spoons and sighs. Meet Prufrock: The Man Who Overthought Breathing If Hamlet got older, balder, and started shopping for
Fear, Fire, and Feline Existentialism in Rhymed Couplets ABS Believes:Some poems purr. This one prowls.If creation is a question, Blake made sure it came with claws and chaos. William Blake: Poet, Painter, Prophet… Possibly Sleep-Deprived William Blake wasn’t your average Romantic. While the others wandered through daffodils or wept over nightingales, Blake opened the gates
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A Portrait, a Power Trip, and One Very Polite Murder ABS Believes:Some relationships end with closure. Others end with a frame and suspiciously poetic euphemisms.A smile may be priceless—but in the wrong hands, it gets taxed, confiscated, and posthumously curated. Enter the Duke: Monologue Extraordinaire, Murderer (Allegedly) Robert Browning didn’t write love poems. He wrote
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Why That Yellow Wood Might’ve Just Been a Metaphor for the Breakfast Menu ABS Believes:Sometimes, poetry doesn’t show us the path—it mocks us for needing one.Frost wasn’t offering wisdom. He was documenting human confusion in verse. Robert Frost: The Quiet Flirt with Regret Robert Frost: the poet who made nature broody and roads metaphorical before
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Why “Going Gentle” Is for Lamps, Not Legends ABS Believes:Some poems whisper. This one punches.Because going gently is fine for fairy lights—not for fire-hearted poets. The Drama King of Doomsday Literature Dylan Thomas didn’t write poems. He detonated them. He wasn’t content with soft sighs or tragic acceptance—he wanted fireworks, echoes, and a baritone battle
Lyric-Scroll 003: Dylan Thomas to Death: One Very Loud Refusal to Die Quietly Read More »