English Reading

Excerpt from The Picture in the House by H.P. Lovecraft.In s...

The Sandpiper by Celia Laighton Thaxter. Part 2 of 2.I watch...

The Sandpiper by Celia Laighton Thaxter. Part 1 of 2.ACROSS ...

The Vowels: An Enigma by Jonathan Swift.WE are little airy c...

Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.SUNSET and evening...

The Cosmic Egg by Anonymous.UPON a rock yet uncreate,Amid a ...

Tougher Than the Rest by Bruce Springsteen.Part 1 of 2.Well ...

Many people avoid things like meeting new people or trying t...

Excerpt from Careful by Raymond Carver.She stopped at the do...

Quatrains by William Hamilton Hayne.MOONLIGHT SONG OF THE MO...

Morning people jump out of bed in the morning cheerful and f...

Respect and Manners....Home is the place where you first lea...

“Sit down, sad soul” by Bryan Waller Procter.SIT down, sad s...

Excerpt from Marmion by Sir Walter Scott.XVII.“In brief, my ...

Excerpt from Preservation by Raymond Carver.Mornings, he got...

Excerpt from Feathers by Raymond Carver.I tell her I fell in...

Excerpt from Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft. I cannot think of the ...

Excerpt from Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft.He sought to distrac...

From my student: Body language...A foreign couple came up to...

To the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell. STAR that bringest h...

The Rhodora by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Lines on Being Asked, Whe...

Patience doesn’t mean ignoring problems or letting them go. ...

The Rise of Man by John White Chadwick.THOU for whose birth ...

Different Minds by Richard Chenevix Trench.SOME murmur when ...

I've heard a few of my friends recently here on HelloTalk ge...

I saw Thee by Ray Palmer.“When thou wast under the fig-tree,...

If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forg...

Everyone wants to be happy. Some people seem happy regardles...

Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska.Part 2 of 2.Not qu...

Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska.Part 1 of 2.They b...

The Little Red Lark by Alfred Perceval Graves.O SWAN of slen...

Let’s PracticeTodd: Hi Gina, this is Todd. Do you want to go...

Your English pronunciation is the first impression other peo...

Mornings (simple present, habits)Every weekday morning my al...

Studying English for an hour once a week isn’t usually enoug...

What turns a stranger or acquaintance into a friend? Do you ...

Despondency Rebuked by Arthur Hugh Clough.Part 2 of 2.For wh...

Despondency Rebuked by Arthur Hugh Clough.Part 1 of 2.SAY no...

I saw Thee by Ray Palmer.“When thou wast under the fig-tree,...

Positive Thinking!Positive thinking is an optimistic state o...

Wreathe the bowl by Thomas Moore.Part 3 of 3. Say, wh...

If you constantly describe your English as “bad” or “terribl...

Wreathe the bowl by Thomas Moore.Part 2 of 3. ’T was ...

Wreathe the bowl by Thomas Moore.Part 1 of 3. WREATHE...

The Aim Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts. O THOU who loves...

I'm here to share a secret by Erin Hanson.Part 2 of 2. I’ve ...

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to...

Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth. Part 4 of 4. To humble...

Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth. Part 3 of 4. Through n...

Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth. Part 2 of 4. Serene wi...