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Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week, thinking themselves spurned romantics and talented poets. Most of the original selections have been forgotten, and the collection has been updated for this simple release with a sense of irony and sheepishness in mature adulthood. May its angst, irony, lust, and innocent affection amuse and entertain you today, just as it did the four nerdy boys who assembled it to communicate.

Monday Morning Christian focuses on discussing and exploring the experiences and challenges faced by Christians in their daily lives, particularly on Monday mornings. It serves as a platform for sharing stories, providing encouragement, and offering practical advice to fellow Christians.

Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

William Blake is now considered one of the giants of poetry. During his life and for many years after he was thought of as mad. His wide ranging skills not only encompassed poetry but bestrode the visual arts too with paintings and printmaking. Unfortunately he could never fit in to what Society expected of him and his attacks on Religion would not have helped. But his work was the true measure of his worth and they, in the main, remain with us today.

Romanticism was a new movement in philosophy and the arts that began in the late 18th century when major political events shook the world, such as the French Revolution and American independence. It marked a distinct contrast to the prevailing Enlightenment ideals and in poetry represented a more personal intuitive, emotional and meditative expression with a back-to-nature imperative. It subsequently altered the way in which we perceive poetry and beyond as well as defining our own modern sensibilities to the arts.

Num dos mais importantes livros do romantismo inglês, o poeta e gravurista William Blake (1757-1827) propõe uma conciliação entre os opostos do bem e do mal, da razão e da energia, do espírito e do corpo.