Audio: Dylan Thomas reads “Do not go gentle into that good night”
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light….
Yehoshua November: Conjoined Twins
My father was a resident in the hospital
when my young mother gave birth to them. Two bodies
and one heart.
Video: “The Tuft of Flowers” read by Robert Frost
. The Tuft of Flowers I went to turn the grass once after one Who mowed it in the dew before the sun. The dew was gone that made his … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Why Gardening is Good for Us
Last year, Eva and I hired a contractor to remove the asphalt from our backyard which for years had been used as a woodlot and a basketball court. The soil … Continue reading
James Baldwin: The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity
I really don’t like words like “artist” or “integrity” or “courage” or “nobility.” I have a kind of distrust of all those words because I don’t really know what they … Continue reading
Timons Esaias: Things I’m Tired of Excusing
I am tired of starships that go whoosh in space
Video: The Old Mill (Walt Disney production — 1937)
The Old Mill is a 1937 Silly Symphony cartoon produced by Walt Disney depicting the natural community of animals populating an old abandoned windmill in the country, and how they … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: German Wheat and Rye Bread with Flaxseed
Leavened breads (yeast or sourdough) are one of the staples of traditional cooking, and often there is no need to make them vegan: they already are! They do not need … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Rustic Red Cabbage and Potato Soup
At the end of the week, I like to make soup out of the last of the vegetables. This week the soup turned out especially tasty, so I thought I’d share the recipe with you.
Doug Anderson: Mother Death
Week doesn’t go by I don’t think of them,
the men I couldn’t help,
watched their lips turn blue then
rattle out their soul
Michael Simms: A Note from the Editor on the Vagaries of Publishing Poetry on the Internet
Once again, a poet has emailed me, peeved that a poem of hers that appeared in Vox Populi is not anything like the version she sent me. The line-endings and … Continue reading
Honoré de Balzac: The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee
Coffee is a great power in my life; I have observed its effects on an epic scale. Coffee roasts your insides. Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody … Continue reading
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: Bus Stop
It’s daddy, hon. You do? Me too. Ask mom
if I can come see you now. Oh, okay,
Sunday then. Bye. Me too baby. Me too.
The Vegan Kitchen: Book Recommendations
My friend Corinna is worried about high blood sugar and other incipient health problems, so she asked me to recommend a few books to help her get started on a … Continue reading
