The impact of Leonardo’s artwork on us today reproduces an effect which he himself experienced when looking at the opening of a dark...

I do not need you like I do not need To read, or weep, or stew in nightly news. I do not need you like I do not need To whistle past the...

Robert Frost’s talent radiates best from his shorter poems. His poetic voice, naturally laconic, finds its most expressive mode in his...

The New Lyre Podcast is joined by history professor Pascal Chevrier to discuss the ancient story of Prometheus. Who was Prometheus? Why...

I cut my finger, the sanguine smell Permeates the air like petrichor. The blood flows slow like caramel Delighting in its long encore. My...

I’ve dreamt dreams fairer than my father’s dreams— I’ve dreamt dreams fairer than my mother’s dreams— Dreams dreamt by strangers stranger...

I was a mere sixteen that Summer day We all piled in a beat-up car and drove To Woodstock, or someplace we had been told That a great...

The world does not care what lies along the edge of the chisel or upon the face Of the hammer. It sees only David there. Before he was...

May all of your illusions be shattered beyond your ability to reassemble them. May you learn quickly from your failures and successes....