Lewis Carroll

1. Lewis Carroll (!832-1898)

2. Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll is an author, a thinker, a mathematician, and a world-renown poet, born January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England under the name of Charles LutwidgeDodgson. Dodgson was the eldest son and third child in a family of seven girls and four boys born to Frances Jane Lutwidge, the wife of the Rev. Charles Dodgson. His familylived in an isolated country village and had few friends outside the family but found little difficulty in entertaining themselves. Charles showed a great aptitude for inventing games to amuse them.

3. Lewis Carroll Attended Richmond School, Yorkshire (1844-45), and then Rugby School (1846-50) and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford (May 23, 1850). .He endured several illnesses during this period, one of which left him deaf in one ear. Dodgson excelled in his mathematical and divinity studies. As Charles L. Dodgson, the name he used for his academic works, he was the author of a number of books on mathematics, none of enduring importance, although Euclid and His Modern Rivals (1879) is of some historical interest.

4. Works by Lewis Carroll Fiction • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • Sylvie and Bruno • The Hunting of the Snark • Through the Looking Glass

5. Works by Lewis Carroll Poetry • A Game of Fives • Atalanta in Camden-town • Fame's Penny-trumpet • Four Riddles • Hiawatha's Photographing • How Doth The Little Crocodile... • Jabberwocky • Size and Tears • The Lobster-quadrille • The Three Voices • The Voice Of The Lobster • The Walrus And The Carpenter • Ye CarpetteKnyghte

6. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Historical Context • In the summer of 1862, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and another Oxford clergyman went on a trip up the river, in a rowboat, with the three young daughters of the dean of their college – Alice, Lorina, and Edith Liddell. As usual, Dodgson told the children a story as they went along. But that afternoon, Alice Liddell requested that he write it down for her. • In 1865, the revised version of Dodgson's story was published, under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice Liddell

7. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Style • Parody- which adopts the style of the serious literary work and applies it to an inappropriate subject for humorous effect. • Narrator-opens with Alice's complaint, "For what is the use of a book ... without pictures or conversations?" So most of the story is told through pictures and dialogue. • Point of View- although the narrator has an impartial voice, the point of view is very strongly connected with Alice. Events are related as they happen to her and are explained as they affect her. • Language- a strange place is the way the inhabitants twist the meaning of words. Carroll plays with language by including many puns and other forms of word play.

8. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Style and Interpretation • Alice in Wonderland resists didacticism and celebrates the entertainment of nonsense. It created a very different literary style in children’s literature. • This book has attracted more "serious" adult attention than nearly any other children's book in the world. • This book has been studied by those who are interested in psychological symbolism, development of thedream-world of children, and the logical, linguistic, and mathematical games. • This book is full of events like tea parties, croquet games, awkward encounters with royalty,andcourt trialsthat helps us understand the Victorian English culture.

9. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Style and Interpretation • This book is full of nineteenth-century words (e.g., “comfit”, “treacle”) and many characters are based on common sayings or ideas of Carroll's day (e.g., “mad as a March hare”, “mad as a hatter”, “grins like a Cheshire cat”). • Alice's running conversation with herself tells us about certain aspects of Victorian childhood education: her study of Latin, her (mediocre) knowledge of geography, and the improving moral poems which she had to memorize (and which Carroll enjoyed subverting in his own irreverent versions).

10. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Themes Identity One of the first things that the narrator says about Alice after her arrival in the antechamber to Wonderland is that "this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people." The physical sign of her loss of identity is the changes in size that take place when she eats or drinks. After she drinks the cordial and eats the cake in Chapter 1, for instance, she loses even more of her sense of self, until at the beginning of Chapter 2 she is reduced to saying, "I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?

11. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Themes Coming of Age The question of whyAlice is so confused about her identity has to do with her developing sense of the difference between childhood and adulthood. Absurdity Carroll communicates Alice's confusion about her own identity and her position between childhood and adulthood by contrasting her logical, reasoned behavior with that of the inhabitants of Wonderland. Everything about Wonderland is absurd by Alice's standards.

12. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Alice’s Influence • Alice in Wonderland is one of the most often-quoted books in English, up there with the Bible and Hamlet. • In literature, Alice is a central inspiration for dozens of literary works and films, such as Disney’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderlandin 1951, a gigantic white rabbit hopping through a 1966 episode of Star Trek, and the "rabbit hole" virtual-reality jargon of the smash 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix. • Alice also had a popular revival in the1960s and 1970s, when many young people experimented with altered mental states, and Jefferson Airplane's 1967 song "White Rabbit" linked Alice's dreamlike imagery to the drug culture.

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14. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Major Characters • Alice: A little girl, about 7 years old, and the heroine of the story. She is curious, smart, trusting, and ready to accept the impossible. She can be quite bold; in addition, she tends to take herself seriously and sometimes has a rather quick temper. Her adventures begin with her jump down the rabbit hole, and the tale is an extended metaphor for the challenges she will face as she grows into an adult. • White Rabbit: A rabbit wearing a waistcoat and a pocket watch runs quickly past Alice at the beginning of the story. Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole into Wonderland. He is a messenger and a herald at the Court of the King and Queen of Hearts. He is rather timid and nervous.

15. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Major Characters • Caterpillar: A large, enigmatic, hookah-smoking caterpillar. He treats Alice with contempt and makes her angry, but he gives Alice advice about how to get by in Wonderland and helps her to grow to the size she wants to be by telling her about the magic of the mushroom he sits on. • Duchess: When Alice first meets the Duchess, she is a disagreeable woman nursing a baby and arguing with her cook. The Duchess seems different when Alice meets her a second time in the Queen’s garden. The Duchess believes that everything has a moral, and she speaks in moralizing cliché.

16. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Major Characters • Cheshire Cat: Possessing remarkably sharp claws and alarming sharp teeth, the Cheshire cat is courteous and helpful, despite his frightening appearance. His face is fixed in an eerie grin. He can make any and all parts of his body disappear and reappear. • Queen of Hearts: The nasty, savage, domineering queen whose realm includes the garden. She is literally a playing card. She constantly issues orders to behead people, although everyone seems to get pardoned in the end. The people of Wonderland are terrified of her.

17. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Major Characters • March Hare: A hare who lives in a house shaped like a hare's head. The Mad Tea Party is held at the March Hare's house. At the time Alice meets him, he has been mad for two months. At the trial, he contradicts the evidence presented by the Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter: A hatter who continually has tea with the March Hare and the Dormouse because for him it is always six o'clock (tea-time). Alice is temporarily their guest. Later, the nervous hatter is forced to be a witness at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.

18. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Major Characters • Gryphon: a mythical animal that is half eagle and half lion. He takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle and then ushers her off to the trial. He attended undersea school with the Mock Turtle and is nostalgic about his days at school. He loves puns. • The Mock Turtle: The Mock Turtle is always sad and depressed, and he's often sighing or sobbing. He used to be a real turtle, but now he's a mock turtle (a turtle with a calf's head and hooves). He and the Gryphon tell stories loaded with puns. His name is another play on words (mock turtle soup is a soup that actually uses veal as its meat ingredient).

19. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Minor Characters • Alice’s sister: She appears at the beginning and at the end of the story. Alice falls asleep with her head in her sister's lap and has the dream about Wonderland. • Dinah: Alice’s cat. Dinah never actually appears in the story. • Mouse: He falls into the pool of Alice’s tears. He tries to dry the others by telling them the driest story he knows. • Dodo: Another creature falls into the pool. He suggests everyone to do a Caucus-race to get dry. He is said to be modeled after Dodgson (Carroll) himself. • Mary Ann: The White Rabbit’s maid. She never appears. • Bill the Lizard: A hapless, somewhat stupid lizard. He is also a juror at the trial.

20. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Minor Characters • Pigeon:She mistakes Alice for a serpent because of long neck. She tries to protect her eggs. • Fish-Footman:He serves at the house of the Duchess. • Frog-Footman:He brings an invitation from the Queen to the Duchess’ house. • Pig-Baby: The Duchess’ ugly, squealing baby boy and later turns into a pig. • Cook: The Duchess’ belligerent, violent cook. She uses a lot of pepper when cooking. • Dormouse: A guest at the Mad Tea Party. The Dormouse is always either asleep or falling asleep.

21. The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Minor Characters • Three Gardeners: Three playing cards in the service of the Queen of Hearts. They are spades - Two, Five, and Seven, who are painting roses red because they planted white ones by mistake. They are placed under a sentence of execution by the Queen. • King of Hearts: The Queen of Hearts’ incompetent husband. She completely dominates him, but he quietly pardons everyone who has been sentenced to death. He serves as the judge at the Knave's trial, although he doesn't seem to know much about court proceedings. • Knave of Hearts: He carries the crown in the King and Queen's court processions and is later accused of stealing the tarts of the Queen of Hearts. Despite reasonable efforts to prove himself innocent, the King and the court are determined to pronounce him guilty.

23. “White Rabbit” (Jefferson Airplane – 1967) One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call And call Alice, when she was just small When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low Go ask Alice, I think she'll know When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the red queen's off with her head Remember what the dormouse said Feed your head, feed your head

24. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) Helen Oxenbury, 1999 Arthur Rackham, 1907 John Tenniel, 1865

25. Margaret Tarrant, 1916 Jessie Willcox Smith, 1923 Mabel Lucie Attwell , 1910 Anthony Browne, 1988 Henry Morin., 1939 Brigitte Bryan, 1970 Helen Oxenbury, 1999

26. Willy the Dreamer by Anthony Browne (1997)

30. Some Sense in the Nonsensical Social and Power Structures within Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

31. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Alice Liddell • Charles Dodgson, the son of a cleric in the rural English countryside, attended Oxford and excelled at mathematics and classics. • Armed with an idyllic childhood, Dodgson was a lover of games and logic—both of which he used to entertain his ten other siblings. • After school, he took on several different posts at Christ Church College in Oxford, where he eventually came to know the dean Henry George Liddell and his family, including seven year old Alice. Dodgson was 23. • Dodgson adopted the pseudonym “Lewis Carroll” for his writing, it being a scrambled version of his first two names. He chose to use a pseudonym so as to preserve his real name for the publication of serious work. • Finding a great interest in photography as well as writing, Dodgson became enamored with the little Liddell girls, especially Alice. They are the subjects of some of his most famous photographs, and little Alice went on to become the heroine of his most famous story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, initially entitled Alice Underground. • The story began as a verbal tale Carroll told on a riverboat outing with the Liddell’s, made up completely on the spot. It focuses on an adventure of Alice’s into a world both like and unlike her own in which she meets fantastical creatures, strange rules, and even stranger characters. After much urging from Alice, Carroll decided to set the story down on paper. The characters draw from Carroll’s own inversions of societal positions—which he had often satirized in early publishings of magazines and nonsense poetry.

32. Carroll and Alice in Oxford • Oxford, England was a playground for the Liddell sisters, and as their father was the dean of Christ Church College, they often spent their days in the gardens and grounds around the school and cathedral. • Carroll both worked at the college and spent a lot of time with the family in Oxford. Today, his portrait hangs in the dining hall at Christ Church and a stained glass window memorializes his fantastical characters. • Alice loved candies from her favorite shop “The Old Sheep Shop,” which has since been turned into a commemorative shop for all curious things Alice in Wonderland.

33. The World of Alice in Wonderland

34. The Absurdity of Family Relations • In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll plays with the ideas of family in the chapter “Pig and Pepper.” Here, Alice enters the chaotic house of a Duchess and her child in which safety, warmth, love, and happiness are completely absent. Dishes fly around the room as the Duchess throws everything in sight. The baby wails and wails for its safety which is constantly at risk, while the cook cooks inedible food. • Carroll directly attacks the cultural notion of “motherhood” in this chapter. Is “motherhood” an inherent trait all women possess? The baby is referred to as a pig, a clear mockery of the expectation of babies as “cute” and “adorable,” and the Duchess effectively gives her baby to Alice to take care of, unconcerned with its well-being. In Wonderland, familial ties are trivial and fleeting. Who one belongs to one moment can change in the next. • Another inversion is the relationship of the cook and the Duchess. As was still common in society at the time, a cook would be subordinate to the household she works for as well as an integral part in feeding and sustaining the family. In Wonderland, however, the cook puts too much pepper in everything, causing fits of sneezing and unhealthy, destructive behavior in the mannerisms of the Duchess.

35. Complications in Etiquette and Language • The Mad Hatter and the March Hare- When Alice encounters the Mad Tea Party, she attempts to use her knowledge of table manners, but finds that the Hatter and the Hare, both adults in comparison to Alice, do not possess any etiquette skills at all. The process of taking “tea,” a very traditional English cultural event, is made absurd and pointless. The hosts shout at and order about their guests, never wash their tea sets (but continuously use new ones), and do not cater to anyone but themselves. Alice’s “lessons” she is being taught as a young girl really only apply within the society that upholds and recognizes the same codes. They are useless outside of society. • The Caterpillar- Alice’s conversation with the Caterpillar demonstrates an inversion of the expectation of language. As Alice begins to explain herself in response to the Caterpillar’s questions, she realizes that her answers are always ineffectual at explaining her true meaning. Language, Carroll seems to say, creates expectations that society understands certain “universal truths,” which may not be universal after all—and in Wonderland, Alice continually cannot explain herself effectively to anyone through words. Language becomes a barrier that complicates and distorts Alice’s ability to communicate with the other creatures.

36. Abuses of Power- The Queen of Hearts • Alice attends the croquette match of the Queen of Hearts, only to find that the Queen is a maniacal tyrant bent on beheading anyone who steps a toe out of her imaginary line. • Kings and queens, historically were crowed by “divine right,” under the assumption that they were chosen as the leaders of their people. The Queen of Hearts does not inspire hope, safety, or love in the hearts of her people, however—instead she terrifies them and acts irrationally out of her own best interest, not theirs. • She is also, ironically, unconcerned with following through with her sentences. The Queen of Hearts seems to make so many ridiculous demands that she cannot possibly enact them all—or ensure that they are properly carried out. She enjoys giving the sentence, but cares little for its follow-through. • The Queen of Hearts is said to be a satirical reference to Henry VIII’s fondness for beheading people who got in his way politically, as well as romantically. • Standing for the whims of royalty which can effect both good and bad for their subjects, the Queen of Hearts symbolizes the ineffectiveness of the monarchy when its actions are self-indulgent and illogical.

37. The Partiality of Justice • Perhaps the most directly satirical scene is the courtroom trial of the Knave of Hearts towards the end of the story. Accused of stealing the Queen of Heart’s tarts, the Knave is unfairly questioned by the King of Hearts, who is the completely incompetent presiding judge. • The King accuses first—the Knave is guilty before proven innocent—and attempts to give his sentence before the presentation of the evidence. • The jury is a ramshackle box of timid Wonderland creatures who each possess a black slate on which to keep record of the trial, but only at the request of the “judge” who informs them of the important versus unimportant aspects of the trial. All the jurors can truly manage on their own is the writing down of their own names which so as they would not forget them by the end of the trial! • Evidence that is presented is either completely useless or unrelated, but the King puts together the bits that make the case favorable to his predetermined “guilty” verdict. The fairness of trials is called into question as Carroll begs the question of how the dominant power structures can ever justly determine the morality, the punishment, or the gravity of an affair given their personal (or lack thereof) involvement in a case.

38. What does all this nonsense mean? • Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is not only a children's story, but it a testament to the powerlessness of individuals in a society that is always in flux—the rules in Wonderland change almost as soon as Alice accepts them. There are no universal truths in Wonderland, nor is there a common way in conversing with or dealing with characters. Each has their own individual realities which are made up entirely of their own codes, signs, and language. Social ideals and rules no longer apply—they are made fun of and are completely misunderstood by everyone in Wonderland. • Alice’s journey brings her face to face with a whole host of new ideologies beyond the very specific set she has been taught as a little girl growing up in the 19th century.

40. AnalysisShe’s All My Fancy Painted Him She’s All My Fancy Painted Him She's all my fancy painted him (I make no idle boast); If he or you had lost a limb, Which would have suffered most? He said that you had been to her, And seen me here before; But, in another character, She was the same of yore. There was not one that spoke to us, Of all that thronged the street: So he sadly got into a 'bus, And pattered with his feet. They sent him word I had not gone (We know it to be true); If she should push the matter on, What would become of you? They gave her one, they gave me two, They gave us three or more; They all returned from him to you, Though they were mine before. Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were. It seemed to me that you had been (Before she had this fit) An obstacle, that came between Him, and ourselves, and it. Don't let him know she liked them best, For this must ever be A secret, kept from all the rest, Between yourself and me. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

41. Analysis Cont. The poem “She’s All My Fancy Painted Him” by Lewis Carroll is a perfect sample of an oxymoron. An oxymoron is, in terms, a pair of contradicting words going against each other. The poem’s meaning would be she’s everything I thought he’d be. The poem is about a woman and three men (him, “you” and “I”); a fight over the woman. “I” had taken a fancy towards the woman, but there were other as well than just “I.” “He said that you had been to her,/And seen me here before:/But, in another character,/She was the same of yore.” It is a confusing love affair and “she” was indifferent to the men who chased after her. “So he sadly got into a ‘bus,/And pattered with his feet.” “He,” dejectedly, went and moved forward knowing it was over. The most confusing part of the poem would be: “They gave her one, they game me two,/They gave us three or more:/They all returned from him to you,/Thought they were mine before.” It means what once was “his” is now for “you,” but in the end it was “I” all along. “If I or she should chance to be/Involved in this affair,/He trusts you to set them free,/Exactly as we were.” “He” is forgiving while “she” just jumped into an affair with “I;” yet, “he” hopes things will be set right in the end by “you,” the friend. “Don’t let them know she liked them best,/For this must never be/A secret, kept from all the rest,/Between yourself and me.” Carroll meant to put the words “she” and “him” together to say “he” acts as how “I” thought “she” would act and “you” is just the mediator to settle the balance out. In all, Carroll means to say love is not to be expected from and people are not who they are meant to be. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

42. IntroductionA Game of Fives A Game of Fives Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One: Rolling on the hearthrug, full of tricks and fun. Five rosy girls, in years from Ten to Six: Sitting down to lessons - no more time for tricks. Five growing girls, from Fifteen to Eleven: Music, Drawing, Languages, and food enough for seven! Five winsome girls, from Twenty to Sixteen: Each young man that calls, I say "Now tell me which you MEAN!" Five dashing girls, the youngest Twenty-one: But, if nobody proposes, what is there to be done? Five showy girls - but Thirty is an age When girls may be ENGAGING, but they somehow don't ENGAGE. Five dressy girls, of Thirty-one or more: So gracious to the shy young men they snubbed so much before! Five PASSE girls - Their age? Well, never mind! We jog along together, like the rest of human kind: But the quondam "careless bachelor" begins to think he knows The answer to that ancient problem "how the money goes"! Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

43. Introduction Cont.Brother and Sister This poem is about how a brother and a sister react to one another. It shows how playful and mischievous they are to each other. The lines “The reason, Cook, is plain to view./I wish to make an Irish stew.”/”What meat is in that stew to go?”/”My sister’ll be the contents!”/”Oh”/”You’ll lend the pan to me, Cook?”/”No!”/Moral: Never stew your sister. I believe it shows how silly a fight between a brother and sister is over something insignificant. The Moral: Never stew your sister shows the completely ludicrous ideas siblings will try to take action to right their siblings. In all they seem pointless and silly. Brother and Sister "SISTER, sister, go to bed! Go and rest your weary head." Thus the prudent brother said. "Do you want a battered hide, Or scratches to your face applied?" Thus his sister calm replied. "Sister, do not raise my wrath. I'd make you into mutton broth As easily as kill a moth" The sister raised her beaming eye And looked on him indignantly And sternly answered, "Only try!" Off to the cook he quickly ran. "Dear Cook, please lend a frying-pan To me as quickly as you can." And wherefore should I lend it you?" "The reason, Cook, is plain to view. I wish to make an Irish stew." "What meat is in that stew to go?" "My sister'll be the contents!" "Oh" "You'll lend the pan to me, Cook?" "No!" Moral: Never stew your sister. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

44. Inspired Jabberwokcy By Lewis Carroll 'Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe. 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumiousBandersnatch!' He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood a while in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One two! One two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. 'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. 'Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

45. Inspired Cont. A Mind’s Mock By Jordan Wold (Inspired by Jabberwocky) ‘Twasbrillig and the slithytoves, Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgabe. ‘It’s the Jabberwock, stranger; Fearsome with Vile claws; treacherous Gnawing talons for teeth! Death by the Holy of Holy! With Vorpal sword, A single swing all it took, Then set the Jubjub and Bandersnatch free. Evil of all Evil, Destroyer of Time itself; Slain by a wanderer, Who travelled from afar. Now we chant his name In a joyous cry, Rejoice, rejoice! A new day has come! Oh! Frabjous day! We sang with a callooh; With a callay! All love for this, a frabjous day!’ ‘Twasbrillig and this slithytoves, Did gyre and gimblewabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

46. Inspired 2 Dreamland By Lewis Carroll When midnight mists are creeping, And all the land is sleeping, Around me tread the mighty dead, And slowly pass away. Lo, warriors, saints, and sages, From out the vanished ages, With solemn pace and reverend face Appear and pass away. The blaze of noonday splendour, The twilight soft and tender, May charm the eye: yet they shall die, Shall die and pass away. But here, in Dreamland's centre, No spoiler's hand may enter, These visions fair, this radiance rare, Shall never pass away. I see the shadows falling, The forms of old recalling; Around me tread the mighty dead, And slowly pass away. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

47. Midnight Reign By Jordan Wold (Inspired by Dreamland) When midnight mists are creeping, All the lands are deep In a tranceful slumber. The Moon howls out, Through the mischevious Clouds Who laugh at the misfortune Of the Moon they hide. Still, beams like Lightning bolts passed on, From the heavens, Spill out through the Clouds Into the Other World. The Other World A place full of wonder And mockery of the Actual World, For this place brings Light in the Dark and Dark in the Light. Where Up is Down and Down is Up. The Sun is the Father and The Moon is the Mother Of the Other World. She nurtures and loves, Turning the Beast of Man’s wake Into a tamed young kitten of slumber. Then the Other World becomes Right, and the Inspired 2 Cont. Actual World becomes the wrong. Yet, the Other World Is not the Actual World, And starts to fade, As the Moon says her Tedious goodbyes, Once again the lethargic feelings return When the Other world goes, And slowly passes away. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

48. Original Work A Lie to a Lie I know of a man With a smile full of vigor It stays on his face Through worse and worst As he silently pleads With dull eyes To be set free from The place which keeps him so, The paint plastered On his face Brings much joy to others Yet emptiness for himself, While wearing stripes and checkers Still he stands alone In the center of the ring And In the middle of the act Of balancing on a ball And serenading a giant cat, He starts to think ‘If I weren’t her right now Where else could I be?’ Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

49. Original Work Cont. A Bad Guy I know why such a being cares As he walks Down the street People cringe as they pass him Yet, he smiles brightly I see him stop at a bird Which fell from its nest He looks down with An empathizing eye When he saw its mother Gone by-and-by ‘I know how you feel, Little Bird, You have no home Just as I.’ I see him take the bird Off the ground And with touch of his finger It looked safe and sound. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H

50. Original Work Cont. Today is Only for Me I see you, I see you Standing tall and mighty With a mannequin grin Plastic nose and face as well. You stand where you are Just as everyone else, dull and gray In this pressuring faceless crowd Tell me, can you see yet? Another nobody somebody You make no difference at all Still I stand in the front And walk with a lion prowl. There is this difference Between you and I I think in colors And speak with words! Now I see This rainbow world only for me Ominous clouds are long gone You can’t take my days now. Biography Works Listed Sample Poems Inspired Poems Original Poems Bibliography H