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31 Jul 2007, 4:00 am
I'm glad to read that Larry is blogging about Richard Rorty and Philip Larkin (a featured Saturday poet). [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 2:51 pm
Writers, poets, politicians, and even revolutionaries were mentioned, but a question seemed to arise concerning the place of legal academics in this laudable group of civil rights advocates and social justice champions. [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 8:59 am
But one man is possessed by greed that is insatiable, another by a toilsome devotion to tasks that are useless; one man is besotted with wine, another is paralyzed by sloth; one man is exhausted by an ambition that always hangs upon the decision of others, another, driven on by the greed of the trader, is led over all lands and all seas by the hope of gain; some are tormented by a passion for war and are always either bent upon inflicting danger upon others or concerned about their own; some… [read post]
25 Dec 2010, 9:41 am
Queen Elizabeth II is said to prefer “Happy Christmas” for this reason.[2] In the American poet Clement Moore‘s “A Visit from St. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 1:59 pm
Now more Detectives will search an ever expanding network of lists of culturally suspect poets, writers and Liverpool bands by looking for the tale-tell signs of gang subversion in bumper stickers, facebook pages and downloaded itunes songs from the foolish fans, who thought their cultural tastes were part of what it means to be free in America. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 5:02 am
… The throne was no longer near to dazzle and terrify by its splendid power; around them were no monuments to give to the institutions of tyranny the dread and solemn sanctions of antiquity; no pyramid, built up in remote centuries, unpierced by a single gleam of traditionary light, towered before them, bearing upon its gloomy front the bloody records of former crime and oppression; no stately castle, within whose embattled walls had lived and move the beauty, the chivalry, the aristocracy of… [read post]
17 Aug 2024, 11:50 am
There is a marked increase in the number of artists (writers, poets, painters, musicians, singers, dancers, photographers, historians, filmmakers, visual artists) who are subject to attack, threat to life, or denial of medical assistance, food, or water in conflict zones. [read post]
3 Oct 2024, 9:56 am
Poetry is not only a way to communicate the human costs and benefits of the tragedies and triumphs in our lives; but, for me and other poets, it serves as a way to deal with the strong emotions we all experience. [read post]
3 May 2015, 7:41 am
Future generations will receive a stamp, issued in 2015, with a picture of a poet and an accompanying quotation that is not explicitly attributed to anyone. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 2:49 pm
Urban: fair use for poets (no, not a joke). [read post]
2 Jan 2015, 12:37 pm
The poet Horace (who coined the phrase“carpe diem”), grumbled loudly that his works brought the Sosii brothers (his publishers) gold, but, him, only fame. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 11:27 am
Back then, poets were a privileged class. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 1:04 pm
Spoken-word poet Kwyn Townsend Riley, “Kwynology,” performed two poems—”Windy” and “Black Girl Magic”—about her experience growing up in Chicago. [read post]
An extremely light diversion: 4 completely different songs titled — variously spelled — "La Dee Dah"
9 Jun 2020, 12:38 pm
Wikipedia says: "John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. [read post]
4 Jun 2023, 2:40 am
(Verse 3) And there was Liam, a poet with a pen, Words flowed from his heart, again and again. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 3:28 am
. 'Bookaneer' was coined by the poet and author Thomas Hood in a letter in The Athenaeum of 22 April 1837 under the title 'Copyright and Copywrong' (a title still used in journals and blogs today!). [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 5:47 am
Between different astrologers, describing a chart is like poets describing a tree... [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 3:21 am
: The examining attorney submitted LEXISNEXIS evidence showing "NASH" appearing 124,244 times as a surname, Wikipedia evidence identifying NASH as a surname of “Irish, English, Welsh or Jewish origin,” and Wikipedia pages providing a list of “notable people” with the surname NASH, including Johnny Nash, an American singer and songwriter, American poet Ogden Nash, Joe Nash, a former NFL professional football player, Steve Nash, a former professional… [read post]
25 Nov 2022, 7:41 am
This is a woman who can extensively quote from 18th and 19th century poets and has throughout her life visited the graves of those who inspire her. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 12:17 am
Leave privacy-as-a-beautiful-fiction to the poets. [read post]
