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• BOOK REVIEW: The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed

  The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page Out in India on May 5th. Already out in the US. This multifarious... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: After the Rains [Day 27 NaPoMo: Eclogue]

  

  [Eclogues are sometimes called bucolics and are in the same vein as the idyll, which I covered on Day 19. They are short poems, set in a rural locale, and are... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sound [Day 26 NaPoMo: Lyric]

  

  Relentless sound, relentlessly pounds - throbbing throughout the town. They crank the volume up so loud; I turn it right back down. But songs sung in quiet, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Cult of Leandra [Day 25 NaPoMo: Triolet]

  

  [A triolet is a poetic form of eight lines (or using 8-line stanzas) in which a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB is employed - where the capital letters involve lines... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Fear & the Snowflake [Day 24 NaPoMo: Confessional]

  Reading about Audie Murphy vaccinated me with perspective. Maybe you heard of him as a star of silver screen cowboy cinema. He also received the Medal of Honor... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Booty Call Aubade [Day 23 NaPoMo: Aubade]

  

  [Originally, an aubade was a song sung by one lover to another as they parted at dawn. (The word is linguistically related to the more well-known term,... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Unblemished & the Indelible [Day 22 NaPoMo: Ottava Rima]

  

  [Ottava Rima is an open form of Italian origin. It uses 8-line stanzas with a rhyme scheme of abababcc. English language ottava rima are frequently, but not... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Rubber Ducky [Day 21 NaPoMo: Lai]

  

  [There isn't as much agreement about the form of this French style - compared to other styles I've done so far (e.g. sonnets, haiku, sestinas, etc.) Adding to... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Adventures of a Tantra Girl by Liberty Storm

  Adventures of Tantra Girl by Liberty Storm My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon.in page Let me begin by addressing the standout titular word: Tantra. Please forgive... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Batman, Vol 1: Court of Owls by Scott Snyder

  Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in page This collection (Batman #1-7 of The New 52) shows Batman's discovery... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

  Amazon.in page A combination of mystery and proclivity for lightening storms of controversy surrounds autism and related conditions (e.g. Asperger's.) On one... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Fear in Motion [Day 20 NaPoMo: Sestina]

  

  [A sestina consists of six-and-a-half six-line stanzas. It generally follows a metrical pattern, though there is no consensus agreement on a particular meter.... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Sense of the Meadow [Day 19 NaPoMo: Idyll]

  

  The clang of bells is all the din allowed high within this remote mountain meadow. Perhaps, a shepherd's shout or a dog's bark, but only when a sheep has straye... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Perpetual City [Day 18 NaPoMo: Prose Poem]

  

  The day drizzled on and off into the night. Dreariness seeped to a cold-soaked bone. And I was schlepping down that saturated sidewalk, feeling like I was... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Matilda by Roald Dahl

  Amazon page [The Sarah Walsh illustrated edition comes out October 13, 2020.] Matilda is a precocious child with parents who are negligent and verbally... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: All Hail, Warhol! [Day 17 NaPoMo: Doggerel]

  

  [With doggerel the only way to be "good" is to be ironically bad.]Being a true genius must be hard work. Is there a less laborious path to the perks? I'm so gla... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: The Philosopher [Day 16 NaPoMo: Narrative]

  

  Said a man, standing on a crate, "Thought and comfort are species that cannot mate." This philosopher continued: "An idea unchallenged can't claim merit.... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Spanish Flu Elegy [Day 15 NaPoMo: Elegy]

  

  I The known world died, made sick with Spanish Flu. Flu made War look clumsy at dealing Death. The Dead piled for the corpse cart to come through. Trash... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Bee Flow [Day 14, NaPoMo: Pantoum]

  

  [A pantoum is a Malay form built in quatrains, and which uses repetition of lines. The second and fourth lines of one stanza become the first and third of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• A Few Senryu [Day 13 NaPoMo: Senryu]

  

  [Senryu is a Japanese style of poetry that's identical to haiku in form, but different in content. While haiku rely on images (usually natural and often... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2020 SOCIETY, TRAVEL