WALT WHITMAN Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for; But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse! Arouse–for you must justify me–you…
JOHN I. CLARKE “Is this the kind of book you would wish your wife or servant to read?” There is no more infamous comment in British social history than that made by Chief Prosecutor Mervyn Griffiths-Jones at the Lady Chatterley’s…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) Four haiku and a sculpture by Satish Gupta, India From the Bo tree a golden leaf floats down – meditating in mid air Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka *** Water flowing, no time to pass judgment on uneven…
Special Prize Ostana 2016 VALENTINA MUSMECI (edited by) «No one I know is doing such incredible, ground-breaking things to ensure that Yoruba, an indigenous Nigerian language, continues to enjoy dignity. There are very few people doing such great work with minority…
When the night falls she escapes She locks the cage carefully and leaves ………………….She wonders what she has forgotten ………………….She locks away and leaves ………………….Maybe the light is on ………………….Maybe the door is open ………………….Maybe the day after today ………………….Maybe…
Paola Musa’s poetry Barumini (Nuragic fortress, Sardinia) You could have loved me among the silent fortresses of our unknown ancestors. Now bitter is the meantime in your eyes. No verb, then, among the olive trees. No scroll, save the wind.…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) THE KISS I fell in love with your lips beautiful, red, voluptuous, like peaches adorned with cherries. When I began to kiss you your mouth tastes like the fruits of passion. Everything was so lively, so…
