Words of Delusion by Friedrich Schiller
Three words hears man of the highest import Which fly from the mouth of the greatest; Their sound is lost, the meaning ears abort, They...
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- Mar 22, 2019
- 3 min
Der Erlkönig & Gretchen am Spinnrade Set by Franz Schubert
Der Erlkönig (The Elf King) Who goes there riding through the night and fog?— A father and son come journeying along; He holds him tight...
By Adam Sedia
- Mar 17, 2019
- 20 min
Clarity and Obscurity: The Essences of Classicism and Modernism Compared Part II -''Concreteness''
In my last essay, I discussed the difference between classical and modernist poetry as a difference of worldviews. Classicism views the...
By David B. Gosselin
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Chinese Mountain Man: The Storm
Among the starry schemes and bright Plateaus of foggy mountain peaks, A master and his pupil made Their way towards the dragon’s grot. ...
By Randal A. Burd, Jr.
- Mar 8, 2019
- 1 min
The Song Bird
The songbird fluttered down and stood Upon my bedroom window sill To sing his song of loneliness And serenaded me until I ventured out;...
Original Translation
- Mar 5, 2019
- 3 min
Pegasus im Joche (Pegasus in Yoke) by Friedrich Schiller
In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the creature who created the Streams of Helicon by stomping his hoof into Mount Helicon. Unto a...
By David B. Gosselin
- Mar 4, 2019
- 1 min
Chinese Mountain Man I: Dragon Mountain
A master and his pupil stood Before the foot of Dragon Mount. They readied themselves for the trek Across its dark and snowy grots....
By Daniel Leach
- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
Little Ones
Little ones, little ones, playing around me, Blowing your bubbles up into the air, Laughing and giggling to chase them toward me, Or when...
By Paul Gallagher
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Remembering the Future
Memory is such a guileful thing, And now I watch it like a doorway closing, Or a mist along a shore that’s darkening, Revealing less, and...
By Daniel Leach
- Feb 23, 2019
- 34 min
Profile in Poetry: Keats' Great Odes & the Sublime
This article is republished with permission from the author. When John Keats died in Rome on Feb. 23, 1821, at the age of 25, the world...
The Editor
- Feb 10, 2019
- 4 min
In Commemoration of Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Today we commemorate the life of poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, who passed away on February 9th, 1906. Dunbar was a great American poet who...
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