Category: Arts
Saturday Poem: The Double Image Redux
Turn the photo of your mother in its frameso she can’t tsk her tongue against her teeth:the…
Friday Poem: Insult to Injury
I find an old air gunand a can of ammodown in the basementin a cardboard…
Portrait of Artist Mansoora Hasan as a Young Woman
Dr. Azra Raza’s eloquent tribute to her beloved friend Mansoora Hasan, a Pakistani painter par…
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…