GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) IT IS TIME TO DIG THE EARTH It is time to dig the earth remove rocks, plant roots. Then the fruits will come. Pick up splinters under the table get into the tub of everyday, soothing…
Parade of Poems
Monthly Archives: Sunday January 31st, 2016
They were my ancestors
SERKAN ENGİN Barbarian and Ms Daisy yes, you are right Ms Daisy, they came with the wild winds of Greed, brutally slaughtered all the innocent letters written on the wall of Grace, even also babies by burning them alive, before…
What Is Poetic Image?
SERKAN ENGİN According to the school of imagist socialist poetry, poetry is written in poetic images, not in individual words. But what is poetic image and how can it be created? The description of the “image,” according to the philosophy,…
Greetings from Mondovì – Mongolfiere 2016
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE January can be a dreary month. The post-holiday weeks feel anticlimactic, empty, with little on the horizon except a return to normal routine. But here in Mondovi` January brings excitement and wonder as the city hosts its…
Dear Anne
JOHN I. CLARKE Method and organisation I will shore against my ruins. A couple of hours will see me through these exercise books, a bit of flick and tick while Eric is preparing the dinner. Eric? Oh he’s quite the…
Parade of Poems
PEACEFUL MORNING IN THE HIMALAYAS It appears as if the previous night has quenched every thirst The day comes with light and voices of birds strange to the ear In the distance the wavering sound of a reed flute: a…
Peace Posters tell a story
“The posters, as usual, say it all.” This remark by British journalist Robert Fisk does raise several questions. Is it really true that posters “say it all”? And is it true for all posters or just some of them? This…