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6 days ago
1 min

Prometheus and the 21st Century Battle for the Mind

In this episode of the New Lyre Podcast, host David Gosselin is joined by history professor Pascal Chevrier. Together, they discuss the...

By Richard Katrovas

May 1
1 min

A Riff on Abstraction

Evil is the systematic substitution of the abstract for the concrete. - Sartre As in “concrete” as well as “abstract,” and though I...

By Daniel Leach

Apr 26
2 min

Ghost Spring

The light falls softly on the sparkling lawn, And then awakens every tree and flower, All earth renews, as it has since the dawn Of life...

By Gerald Therrien

Apr 24
1 min

The Sleep of Reason

If you should fall asleep, once more, And heed that soothing, calm refrain – From evening’s care, close fast the door – To quiet the...

Escaping the Brave New World Part I: Fleeing Huxley's Island

The Editors

Apr 18
1 min

Escaping the Brave New World Part I: Fleeing Huxley's Island

In this first episode, poets David Gosselin and Adam Sedia discuss the nature of tragedy and explore the subtleties of escaping a today's...

By Drew Keane

Apr 15
1 min

Someday, Not Too Long from Now

When someday, not too long from now, the world Is buried under webs of roads unfurled, With layer stacked on layer to the skies — A...

By Caitlin Johnstone

Apr 11
2 min

Aspire to Greatness (The Real Kind)

Aspire to greatness, but not the kind they teach you about in school. Not the kind where you can all be astronauts and presidents when...

Leaping from Despair into Hope: The Lesson of Rembrandt’s Resurrection for Today’s Troubled World

By Mathew Ehret

Apr 4
6 min

Leaping from Despair into Hope: The Lesson of Rembrandt’s Resurrection for Today’s Troubled World

Today, the world finds itself moving through a turbulent transformation between two systems. Collapsing at a faster rate every day are...

By Daniel Leach

Mar 28
2 min

Dream Time

The clock is ticking in the pallid rays Of ghost-like morning hour’s waning moonlight, And though it orders all my waking days, It has no...

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