Writing Wednesdays: Robert Frost & MLA Fun!

I absolutely LOVE Robert Frost's poetry, which I understand some may view as cliche, but whatever! Here's one of my absolute favorite poems: "Acquainted with the Night." I first encountered it in high school and am still just as enamoured with it!

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
A luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

Thanks to www.poemhunter.com:
Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost




And now for a new resource for those writers who must use MLA out there:

MLA has come out with new guidelines for 2009 which reflect our advancement into the digital/Internet age. The primary change is the addition of "medium." Check this awesome, easy-to-read article out from a writer on Suite101.com! I happened to just come across this a few weeks ago & thought I'd include it here, because though I don't personally use the format in my line of work and study, I know that many schools do require MLA formatting.

MLA Citation Changes 2009


Photo credits: Robert Frost, American Poet, 1941. By: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer, Library of Congress
MLA Handbook Cover Shot: www.amazon.com