Just Because Your Name is Chinese Luey Don’t Mean You Ain’t Norwegian. Chinese Luey lived over by the train yards in the middle of the area they used to call skid row. Now it was...
Prose and Poetry
They say a picture is worth 1000 words. That’s true, but the stories and poems that have amassed over the centuries are not to be scoffed at. In fact, they represent our accumulated experiences, can cause our imaginations to soar, let us see things in a different light, and help us make sense of the world and our place in it. And they have mental health benefits. According to Phyllis Klein of Women’s Therapy Services, “… poetry gives rhythm to silence, light to darkness. In poetry we find the magic of metaphor, compactness of expression, use of the five senses, and simplicity or complexity of meaning in a few lines.”
Our collection of works has a few from our own writers, and a few from others both well-known and completely unknown. We hope they move you in new and provocative ways.
Poetry: Africa and Asia
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci “Poets have been mysteriously silent on the...
Poetry: Neil Kelliher
Neil Kelliher Neil Kelliher has worked in corporate marketing, advertising and consulting. He taught at the university level before turning to writing fiction and poetry. He has e-published two...
Unique Reads
Great books that are out of the ordinary but worth your time. Periodically we’ll present some wonderful, informative reading that you probably would not have seen at your local library or book...
Soul of Rasa
The word “Rasa” was first used in ancient Vedic literature, and means “essence or taste”. In the arts, this concept refers to a work’s aesthetic flavor, and to the...
Writings & Musings
Learning to love poetry. Most of us first had our first experience with poetry early on, most likely in grade school. We hated it! It was boring, tedious, and down right unintelligible. As we got...
