Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, the First Western Woman Playwright

Hrosvitha, an eminent figure in German literature and regarded as the earliest known female poet of German origin, led a life predominantly devoted to her religious vocation as a nun at the Benedictine convent in Gandersheim. In response to the prevalent pagan morality inherent in classical works, Hrosvitha undertook the composition of six comedies in […]

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience

About the author : Born to a religious family in 1757, London, William Blake is one of the greatest poets of the romantic age. He started writing his earliest poems at the age of 12, which later became the part of “Poetical Sketches”, printed in 1782. Soon after he started working on Songs of Innocence […]

miscommunications

how to tell you about the five million insults aimed at my heart all coming from inside of my head without sounding insecure? how to tell you that i want to be on your mind every second of the day without sounding codependent? how to tell you that i need you when I’ve worked my […]

snow angels

You know, I have seen your face in the streetlights quite a few times now, so new, so bright. Yet, my mind wanders to all those places where I haven’t been. Those places inside you that i will never get to visit. I don’t know anything about this heart of yours, who does it beat […]

December

another december. another year coming to an end. another version of me fading away as these last days of the year melt in the dusky foggy sky. a new me taking shape in the misty mornings. it is an extraordinary thing how humans are ever-evolving. we change a little with every new sunrise, every new […]