Monday, February 27, 2012
A Question of Sense
Labels:
A Question of Sense,
Bar None Group,
Mark Butkus,
poem
Thursday, February 23, 2012
I Accuse: Émile Zola's Famous Open Letter
On January 13, 1898 French writer Émile Zola's famous J'accuse was published as an open letter in Paris' literary, arts, and social issues l'Aurore. Addressed to French President Félix Faure, Zola famously defended Alfred Dreyfus who had been unlawfully jailed for treason. Zola also accused government officials of framing Dreyfus along with charges of anti-Semitism in what was to become known as The Dreyfus Affair.
One month later on February 23, 1898 Zola was convicted of libel and fled France. Zola returned to France in June, 1899. Dreyfus was exonnerated in 1906. What follows is an English translation of Zola's famous letter.
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Alfred Dreyfus,
Dreyfus Affair,
Émile Zola,
France,
I Accuse,
open letter,
writer
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Pass It On
I don't seem to be able to move forward
Until I catch up with my past
Will there be enough time moon goddess?
Ah, but the wheel never turns too fast
Sometimes I crave affection
Yet, then I feel smothered with love
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Long Shadows
Labels:
Mark Butkus,
poem,
school bus,
The Long Shadows
Monday, February 20, 2012
Nocturno
Pues bien, yo necesito
decirte que te adoro,
decirte que te quiero
con todo el corazón;
que es mucho lo que sufro,
que es mucho lo que lloro,
que ya no puedo tanto,
y al grito que te imploro
te imploro y te hablo en nombre
de mi última ilusión.
Labels:
espanol,
Manuel Acuña,
Mexico,
Nocturno,
poeme
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Long Self-Indulgence
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This is another of those times, the ones about sleep.
Long spells, centered on lying awake, my fingers
pretending they have sundown syndrome, plucking
at the covers like bare-headed birds, guineas,
without their clown makeup, après le show.
Eyes trying to focus on shadow ceiling and the past,
I write lines of witty dialog for scenes everyone
but me has forgotten, and even the author,
whoever, whatever, has scrunched and lobbed
high arching across the room into the tin can.
Labels:
Barbara Young,
Briarcat,
Nashville,
poem,
poet,
The Long Self-Indulgence
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Behind the Carousel
Labels:
author,
Behind the Carousel,
Caught in the Cogs,
O.M. Grey,
Olivia M. Grey,
poem,
poet,
Steampunk
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Kitchen of Our Weekend
Labels:
Mark Butkus,
poem,
The Kitchen of Our Weekend
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Song of the Wreck
The wind blew high, the waters raved,
A ship drove on the land,
A hundred human creatures saved
Kneel’d down upon the sand.
Three-score were drown’d, three-score were thrown
Upon the black rocks wild,
And thus among them, left alone,
They found one helpless child.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Poetry Template
Labels:
Buddah Moskowitz,
I Hate Poetry,
poem,
poet,
Poetry Template
Scream Dream: Ingrid Pitt Novels Rise from the Grave
Leading lady of horror, Ingrid Pitt, left behind a number of unpublished novels following her death in 2010 including a sequel to her well received spy novel Cuckoo Run. Those novels are now being released by Northern Ireland press Avalard Publishing, as part of a five book deal.
The first book to be released will be Annul Domini a controversial science fiction novel that is set to cause some ripples in the literary world, with it's speculation about Christianity and what would happen if Jesus had never been able to fulfill his destiny.
Labels:
actress,
Annul Domini,
Avalard Publishing,
Hammer Films,
Ingrid Pitt,
novel,
press release
Thursday, February 2, 2012
A Farewell to America
Adieu, New-England's smiling meads,
Adieu, th' flow'ry plain:
I leave thine op'ning charms, O spring,
And tempt the roaring main.
In vain for me the flow'rets rise,
And boast their gaudy pride,
While here beneath the northern skies
I mourn for health deny'd.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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