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….