Tag: Poetry

  • Mystic Monday

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    I imagine I should call today Mystic Monday as everything I’ve posted so far has to do with art, poetry and mysticism.  Don’ t worry, I’ll get back on track.  I had wanted to focus on this yesterday in keeping with our religious tradition of setting Sunday aside for prayer and reflection.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t…

  • Friday’s Poem

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    A collection of poetry by Andrea Waddell, a trans woman who was murdered in Brighton in October 2009, has been published with the support of her family. Sounds of the Soul: Adventures in Time by Andrea Waddell deals with the enthusiasms and complications of Andrea’s life: activism, philosophy, nature, illness, transgender issues and more. somewhere down my ‘to…

  • Kathmandu – A House of Poems

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    Many of us are familiar with Kathmandu from the Speilberg franchise Indiana Jones.  We think of it as a remote hovel with seedy bars, inhabited by unsavory characters, in the middle of nowhere.  Here’s reportage from The Himilayan on a literary programme, held at the Image Ark Gallery, that provides a real glimpse into the…

  • Poetry collections yield many jewels

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      By: Joan Sullivan    Topics : The Newfoundland Quarterly , Newfoundland and Labrador This seems a strong season for Newfoundland and Labrador poetry, with Breakwater’s anthology and Michael Crummey’s recent volume, and now come new collections from two poets who rarely put a foot or word wrong. And they don’t disappoint here. The writing from Carmelita McGrath…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    Listening The goose cries, and there is no way to save her. So many cheeps come from the nest by the river. If God doesn’t listen, why are we listening? Very deep water covers most of the globe. Whenever I see it, I think of St. John. There is no remedy for deep water but…

  • Saturday Prayer

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    LEAVING TULSA for Cosetta Once there were coyotes, cardinals in the cedar. You could cure amnesia with the trees of our back-forty. Once I drowned in a monsoon of frogs – Grandma said it was a god thing, a promise for a good crop. Grandma’s perfect tomatoes. Squash. She taught us to shuck corn, laughing,…

  • The Poetry Drone

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      Hector Tobar delves into the reasons behind poet David Shook ‘s Drone in the LA Times: The idea behind “The Poetry Drone” is to buy an actual flying drone — which can be had for as little as $5,000, Shook says — and fly it over some populated place and have the drone rain…

  • Seeking Solace in mysticism

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    ISLAMABAD: Tucked away in the library of Kuch Khaas, a group sat to dissect the poetry of 13th century Persian poet Rumi on Tuesday. Known as the “Mathnawi Circle”, the group members gather every week to read out and interpret select verses, forming a story, from “Mathnawi”, one of the sufi saint’s finest pieces. Shazray Hussain,…

  • Leading literary figure claims answer to happiness lies in poetry.

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    18 June 2013 From self-help books to therapy, the business of helping people in need is today a multi-million pound industry. But a leading literary figure claims answer to happiness lies in the literary – in the form of poetry. William Sieghart, founder of National Poetry Day and the Forward Prizes For Poetry, is using…

  • “Road Not Taken” Means Different Things to Different People

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    Road Not Taken is poetry is motion, quite literally. Developed by Spry Fox, Road Not Taken is a puzzle game about life and loss, that features randomly generated levels and permadeath. Similar to games like Shiren the Wanderer, players move along a grid attempting to traverse forest after forest as the game’s story unfolds. Invoking the famous poem by Robert…