This week’s poem of the week Nothing is Beyond You from Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker, and Tom Boothe.
Poem of the Week: 7/19/09-7/25/09
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Category Archives: Art
Poem of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
Do you know how the word albatross (which is the name of a bird) became associated with a wearisome burden? If you don’t, you need to read this poem from beginning to end for your own education.
I can't help liking this.
I always stop this video before the guy explains how it came about. I am afraid it will ruin it for me.
Best new classical composition that I have heard in a while. But given that I recognize one of the songs that he has borrowed from, I am a little ashamed of feeling that way.
Poem of the Week: 7/5/09-7/11/09
This week’s poem of the week is If It Be Your Will. Lyrics here.
Essay of the Week: 7/5/09-7/11/09
This week’s essay of the week is how essays of the week were supposed to be.
Poem of the Week:6/28/09-7/4/09
This week’s poem of the week is Locksley Hall.
Essay of the Week:6/28/09-7/4/09
An explanation of why writing novels is an old man’s game is this week’s essay of the week.
Pigeons can be trained to like "good" art
This study reported on Discovery.com says that pigeons can be trained to pick out art their handlers think is good.
I think this is excellent news. Now we can put pigeons in school and let the kids run around in the park, and everyone will be better off. The kids can learn better things than mimickery and the pigeons can do as they are told.
Shine, Perishing Republic
You have to be careful of people who think that history cycles. A circle comes back to where it started. A swirl, on the other hand, has a beginning and an end. But a circle and a swirl are very similar so a description of one can greatly resemble the other.
Poem of the Week: 6/21/09-6/27/09
This week’s poem of the week is Waiting for the Barbarians. One would imagine that it loses something being translated into English, but there are only so many good English poets.