Category: Arts

Friday Poem: I under stand!

Legs locked,shoulders set,eyes ahead straight,  mouth firmly wavering,range bound, betweena back n’ forth,from grimaceto smile resolute,…

A Deep Dive Into New York’s Subways With Ed Hotchkiss

Lawrence Weschler at Wondercabinet: Ed Hotchkiss was born in Denver in 1956 and remained thereabouts…

Thursday Poem: Do You Know Why Men Cry in the Bathroom?

Why Men Cry in the Bathroom For so many reasons.I will tell you the why.I…

Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024

Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…

Wednesday Poem: “Give-and-Take Ghazal”

I would like to give more than I takein this world of takers. I forgive…

Tolstoy’s Grave

By Stefan Zweig at Poetic Outlaws: For I saw nothing more magnificent, nothing more moving…

Tuesday Poem: Glass Half Empty

Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me?Why Do You Always Have To Think So…

Monday Poem: We Don’t Call it a Riot

That summer was an oven on self-clean—beyond hot. The cops raided clubs for weeks.Huddled, frightened…

The Traveler By: Friedrich Nietzsche

A traveler who had seen many countries, peoples and several of the earth’s continents was…

Sunday Poems: Light Can You Die; Listen…

From ‘Sometime Somewhere’ circa 1977: –by Irshad Salim

Saturday Poem: King of the River

If the water were clear enough,if the water were still,but the water is not clear,the…

Pics Speak: Week Ending June 7, 2024

Clowns celebrate The Day of the Peruvian Clown in Lima, Peru Children play on a…