Category: Arts

May Be Even Build a Boat

Doug Stowe in The Hedgehog Review: A few years ago, when my daughter was a…

Thursday Poem: Still I Rise

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in…

Wednesday Poem: The Lonely Maiden

Beyond the sea, so calm and smooth.The tide so low and the wind so cool.Far…

A Toxic Substance Found in Beethoven’s Hair May Solve an Enduring Mystery

For 200 years, Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness has puzzled experts and fans. But a recent…

An Essay By an Artist: Nero’s Violin

Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: My encounters with critics are minimal, yet explosive. They will…

Tuesday Poem: The Ultimate Return

In the early dark before dawnI awake with a dreary feelingof death dripping from my…

Monday Poem: Mother’s Day Unsonnet

To think that I was once a germ of lightin the belly of another being,and…

Sunday Poem: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

Love the quick profit, the annual raise,vacation with pay. Want moreof everything ready-made. Be afraidto…

Saturday Poem: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

English translation of ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ -Urdu poem by Aitzaz Ahsan: In the prime…

Story in Pics: A Bicycle Race, a Destroyed Building, and More

From Anahi Valenzuela at The Week Digital: Cyclists take part in the Giro d’Italia cycle…

Friday Poem: All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs

All my friends are finding new beliefs.This one converts to Catholicism and this one to…

Thursday Poem: Avenue of Plane Trees

Things are growing strange these days,like Van Gogh’s yellow trees. Oh, do notbe surprised by…