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No Need to Lament

             No Need to Lament Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  Since fire is always chaste, we do not need To know its secret.  Smoke is not its soul. Its soul is more a blue and yellow steed That rages...

The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil

The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil            Christ’s Object Lessons Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  I, like the bearded mage of the tales, knew the language of stones and flowers. ~ Lorca,...

Free Verse as Nightmare Surrealism

   Free Verse as Nightmare Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  “I thirst for new songs without moons or irises, and without loves that have died.”  ~ Lorca, New Songs (Cantos Nuevos) Who doesn’t? ...

The Artiest Religion

         The Artiest Religion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  “Christianity . . . became the most art-laden, art-dominated religion in the world. Imagination always remedies the defects of religion.”...

More Fixedly than a Blueprint

       More Fixedly than a Blueprint   Promiscuous men believe that they are free. This freedom, though, is like a hurricane That cannot choose its path or its degree. This freedom weighs more like a ball and chain In some weird sadomasochistic game.  Escape Is too...