Daily Poem: Eday, North Isles ~ Lesley Harrison

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Eday, North Isles ~ Lesley Harrison GUITH               a greylag morning,               the sea a conscious blue. CALF SOUND               orca               in a sea blue room,         […]

Daily Poem: Epilogue I and II from Requiem ~ Anna Akhmatova

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Epilogue I from Requiem ~Anna Akhmatova There I learned how faces fall apart, How fear looks out from under the eyelids, How deep are the hieroglyphics Cut by suffering on people’s cheeks. There I learned how silver can inherit The black, the ash-blond, overnight, The smiles that faded from the poor in spirit, Terror’s dry […]

Daily Poem: For Anne, Who Doesn’t Know ~ Gail Fox

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For Anne, Who Doesn’t Know ~ Gail Fox Tonight you broke into my dreams and I remembered yesterday when your eyes retreated before the people on the street and you clutched my arm hard. In the midst of our talks and silences your bitter secrets spilled like fog over the buildings of the ugly city […]

The Sybil’s Oraculum, by Tayannah Lee McQuillar

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The good people at Inner Traditions sent me a copy of The Sybil’s Oraculum: Oracle of the Black Doves of Africa, created by Tayannah Lee McQuillar, with artwork by Katelan V. Foisy. The packaging is striking: The cover art on the box repeats on the book cover and the card backs. Done in the style of […]

Daily Poem: Excerpt from “The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes” ~ Seamus Heaney

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Excerpt from “The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes” ~ Seamus Heaney History says don’t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-change on the far side […]

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