Does silence keep you awake at night? Here's why and how to get a good rest
If only we could embrace silence and darkness as melodiously as Simon and Garfunkel once did Yet, as research shows, people ...
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The Most Romantic Poems of All Time and What They Mean
Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...
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The Poetry of Bombs and Trenches and Mustard Gas
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
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Many in Singapore struggle to get a good night's sleep – and this is detrimental not just to the individual
On a good night, estate planner Shirlyn Tan gets about six hours of sleep, like many others in Singapore. Once back home after work and dinner outside, the 35-year-old starts getting her son ready ...
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The science of getting a good night’s sleep in hotels
According to Robbins, good sleep is all about routine. Meditating, taking a long shower, using your favorite night cream, turning off your phone, or popping in your favorite pair of earplugs ...
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Masters of Allusion: The Art of Poetic Reference
Take these lines from the middle of “In the Middle of My Life,” a poem in Jennifer Chang’s recent collection “An Authentic Life”: She quotes a little more from James Longenbach’s book ...