In the last century many modern poets rejected traditional tools of meter and line form, tools poets have used for thousands of years, because they found them limiting and enslaving. Modernism was about rejecting enslaving old authority and tradition, and creating new seemingly liberating art. But modernism itself because a canon and an enslaving authority […]
Poetry notes: tricky using Arud Bahr meter in English Ghazals and Ruba’i – Part 1
I want to talk about the Ghazal, and Rubayyat. But first, you may reflect on this. It’s all about the rhythm. This is true in love, and it is true in verse. The cadence, the motion, the rocking of sounds. The Sex, whether gentle lovemaking, or passionate sweaty dual, all is rhythm. The motion in […]
Some good off season Kenneth Cole and Old Navy
I like good quality off-the-rack clothing, and when I can actually afford it I certainly like bespoke, or made to measure, items as well. Sometimes I discover gems in the rough, very nice items where you wouldn’t expect. Away from the usual boutiques and in plainer locations. I decided to mall hop yesterday. I enjoy […]
“Not between the left and right” – the man does have a point…
Whatever your opinion of a man, hos words should be weighed and considered. I found this quote to be interesting, to say the least. Source: Larry Flint, “Common Sense 2009” writing at the Huffington Posty “…Instead, Obama wants toincrease the oversight power of the Federal Reserve. Never mind that it already had significant oversight power […]