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BOOK REVIEW: The Narrative Poems by William Shakespeare
The Narrative Poems by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page While William Shakespeare is overwhelmingly known as a playwright who also... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: A Leak in the Sunny Side
Rounding through the pass, I crossed from the cold to the sunny side. But while I transited from the damp mossy to the dry grass side of the mountain, I... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This novel is the second of the books in the Sherlock Holmes canon. It begins... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Van Helsing Vs. Dracula’s Daughter
Van Helsing vs. Dracula's Daughter by Raven Gregory My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: July 13, 2021 This comic book imagines the daughter of the Van... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Fairy Tale Wisdom
We watch the naked emperor like nothing is amiss, and recoil upon sight of frogs wise of what lies in a kiss. We trust the familiar too much, and the odd too... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Below the Stone Dome
The stone dome bubbled from the jungle stands stern like a knob of nothing. The green growth that girds that whole hump is living, like some hallowed habitat... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Dreaming Eagles by Garth Ennis
Amazon.in Page New Edition Out: June 1, 2021 This graphic novel by the author of "The Boys" and "Preacher," tells a story based on the experiences of the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: We Live by Inaki & Roy Miranda
Amazon.in Page Out: May 19, 2021 In a dystopian future on the verge of the Earth's doomsday, aliens send humanity an opportunity to preserve itself on a... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
Tall Grass Haiku
wind-ruffled tall grass bobs and rebounds aimlessly and yet in concert Read more
Posted on 17 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
DAILY PHOTO: Cylindrical Houses in Peru
Taken about a decade ago in the Peruvian Andes These are restorations of the stone portions of a cylindrical houses. These would have been topped with a... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: A Salty Tale of Blue Skies
The culling ships came, and brought us deep, blue skies. Those who never saw them could not have suspected that the fast, mad machines were about to crash... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: The Power of That Which Bumps in the Night
The last lamp out dips the room into darkness [sudden darkness] and in the nothingness, before vague shapes form, a clunking sound triggers the stab of an... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Lighthouse Keeper
The lonely lighthouse keeper, peering through a deep-set but narrow window at waves smashing onto the rocky shore, spouting upwards in a fanned geyser. So... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Starlight
I shambled out to watch the fine-fired light of some bright but distant star. The message in that moment was old news -- more than ancient less than... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Cloud Life
i watch the drifting clouds and my mind synchs to their speed and i wonder whether i'm the cloud or the cloud is me and i know that i'm not moving and yet i fee... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: We Are The Dead
There are those who hold marked places, and those whose place is in the sky. Most have long forgotten faces, and a few never said goodbye. There are those who... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Frozen Waterfall [Sonnet]
The world stands like a frozen waterfall, a river paralyzed, impossibly. And silence replaces its rushing call. In stillness, it spurns gabbling audibly. How... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Geologic Time
The boulders' slothful migration inched them down the hillside. They moved so slow you'd never know they were a leaden landslide. Read more
Posted on 12 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Enough is Enough
The question asked: "Am I enough?" Which begs the questions: -enough for whom? -enough for what? What would it mean to not be enough? The Economist in... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page This collection of a dozen short stories is the third book in... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL