My Canary
I wake to hear the mockingbird’s sweet song, That floats through morning’s fresh, green, dappled light, Like all that for which mortal...
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The Editors
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Renaissance Roundtable: Is A Renaissance Possible Today?
In our age of accelerated technological progress, rapid mobility, and lightspeed communication, our world may appear more complex than...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 19
- 7 min
Brain Love
Listen to the full story here. “Don’t you ever get tired of being sad, Steven?” said Jenny. “Don’t you ever get tired of being happy?”...
Translation
- Jun 18
- 2 min
Grief II by Stefan George
Grief II The wood cries of woe. He dressed himself in fresh leaves without cause. The forest floor waited for you to bless it. But since...
By Johnny Payne
- Jun 18
- 1 min
The Gazelle
The Gazelle Go to your beloved, swift as the King’s steed Coveted among horses, cosseted in feed. When the whip cracks, it can’t be held...
By Mark Diaczun
- Jun 9
- 1 min
The Endless Summer
But yesterday I was a child And bounced my ball against our stoop Without a care, without a fear, Warmed by endless summer’s sun. Life...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 7
- 19 min
The Second Snake: A Dialogue Featuring Adam and Eve
Listen to the full dialogue here. Many years had passed since Adam and Eve took their first bite. The meandering streams of Eden now...
By John Masella
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Nights Are Nothing
Nights Are Nothing Harems of young people scamper along Paths beside the Navigli waterway. Purple and red neon replace blue day,...
By Robert Funderburk
- Jun 5
- 1 min
As a Shadow
Wayne sat on a plastic chair, t-shirt blood-spattered, blade- ripped halfway down the front, left eye swollen shut, soon to blossom with...
By Ryan P. Tunison
- May 27
- 7 min
A Poet's Prayer: Deeper Truths Behind Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life,” prefaced with the phrase “What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist” treads...
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