Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings

Anecdote of the Jar   I placed a jar in Tennessee,  And round it was, upon a hill.  It made the slovenly wilderness  Surround that hill....

Ode to the West Wind   I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,  Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead  Are driv...

Sonnet XXX When to the sessions of sweet silent thought  I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought...

The following review appeared today in the San Francisco Chronicle : A DEAD HAND: A Crime in Calcutta By Paul Theroux Houghton Mifflin Ha...

Voyelles   Vowels  A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles       A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels  Je dirai ...

The Case for God , by Karen Armstrong  Religious discourse was not intended to be understood literally because it was only possible to sp...

from Sonnets to Orpheus   O dieses ist das Tier, das es nicht giebt.       O this is the animal that does not exist. Sie wußtens nicht u...

The Case for God , by Karen Armstrong  Religion is a practical discipline that teaches us to discover new capabilities of mind and heart....

In a Station of the Metro   The apparition of these faces in the crowd;  Petals on a wet, black bough.  --Ezra Pound "What makes t...

From The Dunciad   (Book I, lines 55-78)  Here she beholds the Chaos dark and deep,  Where nameless Somethings in their causes sleep,  ...