“’When one is highly alert to language, then nearly everything begs to be a poem.’ –James Tate Tate tells us that an awareness of language helps us to see the poem in all things, but I would add that an awareness of all things—not just lush farmland in the early summer. but crowded city streets, […]
Flame Eternal
William H. Shannon begins the last chapter of Silence on Fire with a quote from “The Four Quartets” by T.S. Eliot: “Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before or after, But a lifetime burning in every moment.” Later, Shannon alludes to a Zen poem exhibiting a similar sentiment: “Silently a flower booms, In silence […]
Rebel with a Cause
Unlike James Dean starring in Rebel without a Cause writers have a legitimate need to rebel through their writing. “Sinclair Lewis wrote, ‘Every compulsion is put on writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. . . .’ Nonconformists We believe that powerful artists are always nonconformists and rebels, even though one may pledge allegiance […]
Write your Odyssey
I found the Odyssey to be one of the most profound works of ancient literature. The word “odyssey” implies journey. And aren’t we all on a deeper and more meaningful inner journey that transcends our physical journey through life? Carl Jung walked this path. So did many mystics and sinners. Alluding to Odysseus’ wanderings after […]
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