Last Light
The last moment of sunshine dribbles from the watering-can. The moon, hunchback on a cloud, gathers its borrowed light, as the...
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By Adam Sedia
- Sep 1
- 7 min
Behind the Lines: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 142
The sonnet is inextricably intertwined with the Renaissance, and stands as one of the most powerful and enduring legacies of that time....
By Seymour Mayne
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Word Sonnets by Seymour Mayne
The word sonnet is a relatively new variation of the traditional form. In essence, it is a fourteen line poem, with one word set for each...
Translation
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Von ewiger Liebe (Eternal Love) Set by Brahms
So dark, so dark the willow forests loom; The skies are wintered and the evening hushed. Now neither shroud nor light nor vapors rise,...
The Editors
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Exiting the Cave: Timocrats, Democrats, Oligarchs and Tyranny
Psychiatrist and Confucian scholar Dr. Quan Lu joins Escaping the Brave New World to discuss the transcendental leap and epistemological...
By David B. Gosselin
- Aug 23
- 14 min
Edgar Allan Poe and the Mask of the 20th Century
BUT for the cruel aspersions upon the character and life of America’s poetic genius, EDGAR ALLAN POE, this volume would have remained...
By Caitlin Johnstone
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Fingers of Light
Fingers of light peel away the hiddenness of badge-wearing sadists and Apache helicopter war crimes. Fingers of light peel away the lies...
By Daniel Leach
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Poems Unwritten
Sometimes, when the light and the mists of the day Settle holy and soft on the edge of the night, When the sights and the sounds of the...
John H. B. Martin
- Aug 17
- 25 min
The Politics of Intimacy
"So intimate this Chopin that I think his soul Should be resurrected only among friends Some two or three, who will not touch the bloom...
Translation
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Night Snow by Po Chü-i
I wondered why the blankets were so lacking, And then I saw my window brightly glow. With night long gone, I knew we had deep snow, For...
By Adam Sedia
- Aug 12
- 23 min
Clarity and Obscurity:The Essences of Classicism and Modernism Compared
Classical and modern poetry are inarguably different. Indeed, modernism’s chief boast is its break with classicism and tradition more...
By Daniel Leach
- Aug 11
- 1 min
Late Summer
Late summer, and the silvery undersides Of the leaves shimmer in the hazy air, And the cicadas’ song wells up in tides That wash over my...