Category: Arts

Monday Poem: Terra Incognita by D.H. Lawrence

There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed ofvast ranges of experience, like the humming…

Black and White Photography Isn’t Old School For Same Old Stories

B&W photography goes back to the fundamentals of what photography has always been. Take color…

Lord Byron Was Hard to Pin Down. That’s What Made Him Great.

Benjamin Markovits at the New York Times: This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord…

Sunday Poem: Some Things Last

by Ahmad Almallah These windows, these panes, at the beginning of lightlooking where they look,…

A Poem has Secrets that the Poet Knows Nothing Of

at Poetic Outlaws: Stanley Kunitz received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize…

Saturday Poem: Desperate Measures

there are so many ways to fallso many ways to crack down the middle andvanishso…

Guide to Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations

At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and…

Friday Poem: Reflections by Javed Ansari

Droplets of meditation brim forth,the cauldron boils perpetually —through the tedium of life.The etched screen…

An Essay: Nero’s Violin

By Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: It was sometime in the evening and I was…

Thursday Poem: ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou

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

Wednesday Poem: Stenographer

Kathleen A. Wakefield: While Taking a Nap, the Invisible Stenographer Dreams She Can Play With…

Tuesday Poem: Against the Solar Eclipse

by Alejandro Escudé: It’s a black swath that cuts acrossA part of the country that’s…