Ike Macina song-poet then social activist

I found the poetry and prose of Ike Macina profound and ahead of its time especially the poem "Who God wants me to be". Ike Macina is very deep, deep and touches the core of humanity's association with the primordial force of life, I call it Love he calls it God. This poem...

How to actually benefit one's culture

In recent years there has been an interest among many people in defending or supporting their cultures. This is a potentially positive direction; however most directions taken have been wrong.As someone who has been a cultural contributor both to Russian and to...

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011 Aug 5-29 Live Streaming

The world's largest arts festival with over 40,000 performances and more than 2,500 shows packed into 250 venues across the city. The fringe is open to all: anyone can perform and everyone does- from students...

One life a poet has and in the end a laureate

“Your absence has gone through meLike thread through a needle.Everything I do is stitched with its color.” I love poetry and the poets that make it. W.S. Merwin is nearly as old as my Dad, and he is now given...

10 years after The Business of Books by Andre Schiffrin

I did not read The Business of Books by Andre Schiffrin until this week, 10 years after its publication. I remember seeing interviews and reading articles about it, but failed to sink my eyes into the pages of...

Full Bloom Renga - Public Write Verses For Orchard Blossoms Poem

National Trust Full Bloom Festival Kicks Off With Renga Poem On Saturday NowPublic reported the start of the National Trust Full Bloom Renga as part of its Full Bloom Festival of English orchards and blossom. The...

Here's my babbling, baby

Cave Men Perhaps early hominoids uttered crude sounds and signaled with motions and physical expressions to communicate among their peers. A mixture of diverse values and ideas bound by more orderly syntax and...

Tour of Rav Kook House in Jerusalem

Rabbi Kook was the first chief rabbi of Israel and pre-state era. He was a compassionate man and wonderful poet. Rabbi Marmelstein of Canada and Israel takes us through Kook's residence in Jerusalem. Included is Rav Kook's poetry put to music and created by Rav....

Putting a price on culture

An Irish round-up on the political value of culture." The value of our culture is incalculable, so the Government should think twice before taking the axe to our biggest asset, argues poet and member of Aosdána PETER SIRR –Tuesday, August 11, 2009– ON ST PATRICK’S DAY...

My fancy

I painted her a gushing thing, With years about a score; I little thought to find they were A least a dozen more; My fancy gave her eyes of blue, A curly auburn head: I came to find the blue a green, The auburn turned to red.

Rav Itzchak Marmorstein performing Rav Kook’s Mystical Poetry

This is a wonderful interview with my dear friend Itzchak Marmorstein. Canadian/Israeli that has devoted his life to exploring the mystical writing and poetry of Rabbi Avraam Izchak HaCohen Kook. The music is just...

Success Poetry

POETRY BOOK: A TIME FOR RHYME AND SUCCESS POETRY By Warren Brown Email: info@publishsuccess.com          Website: http://www.publishsuccess.com Warren Brown, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio...

Great Canadian Lit Hunt 2009

The hunt is on for talented Canadian writers to submit their unpublished gems to This Magazine’s annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt.For 13 years this national event has attracted hot new Canadian talent seeking a chance at fame and fortune a $750 cash prize for first...

The Perils of Publishing Poetry

I founded a poetry site in 2000, the Pagan Poetry Pages, to provide a space for poets whose influences and interests were non-conformist. With a loose brief of "poetry reflecting our interest in spiritual and...

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival.

By, Uwe Paschen. The Japanese Cherry Blossom festivals.  In Japan, the Cherry blossom has a very particular and important meaning since the cherry tree is botanically a native of the Japanese Isles. From an early...

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