Category: Arts

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…

Wednesday Poem: Images of Africa at Century’s End

By Ama Ata Aidoo @ Poetry Foundation: Who was it saidthe reason whyyou never seeBlack…

Why Did Our Ancestors Make Startling Art in Dark, Firelit Caves?

‘Why do you think they drew these stags here?’ Eduardo Palacio-Pérez, the conservator of the…

Tuesday Poem: Too Many Names

By Pablo Neruda: Mondays are meshed with Tuesdaysand the whole week with the whole year.Time…

Poetic Expression: Apples n Oranges

Majority left, West Pakistan Pakistan.Cabal saved, lands freed, businesses nationalizedPolitics monetized, economy amortized. Dreamers became…

Indian Court Painting and an Eclipse

Morgan Meis at Slant Books: I happened to be in New York City a few…

Monday Poem: Restricted Fragile Materials

It should be easy, I tell my son,to dispose of the possessions keptin these rooms….