“The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars”, Melody S Gee
Yesterday’s Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets was “The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars” About the Poem, Melody S Gee comments: “This is part of The Convert, a series…
Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Yesterday’s Poem-A-Day from the Academy of American Poets was “The Convert Wants Wounds, Not Scars” About the Poem, Melody S Gee comments: “This is part of The Convert, a series…
The Hungarian coloratura soprano Erika Miklósa is here in a concert performance of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute – a concert performance it may be,…
I while back I marked the feast day of St Vincent de Paul with Fr Willie Doyle, an Irish Jesuit chaplain in World War I killed in the Battle of…
After yesterday’s wisdom from Ursula Le Guin, here again via THIN|SILENCE is more on the “climax technology” of pen and paper A good pen or pencil and a well-made notebook…
A while back I posted about Lukas Stanley’s online treasure hunt…. for those who need reminding you can, from your armchair or bed or wherever you physically are online, and…
Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” is a poem I first became aware via Suede’s borrowing of the first line – “she walks in beauty, like the night” – for their…
Via the THINSILENCE blog I came across this gem-like passage on handwriting from Ursula K Le Guin Remembering writing outdoors at Hedgebrook and elsewhere, I think about the human pace…
I LOLed hugely at this. Especially the “show-off”, the “overpassionate” and “too many facial expressions”