oriana-poetry

poems by American and European poets; book reviews; poetry theory; personal reflections on poetry, the immigrant experience, psychology, religion, mythology, culture

Friday, December 26, 2014

THOMAS HARDY’S OXEN KNEELING AT MIDNIGHT

Paolo Schiavo: Nativity, 15th century ** THE OXEN Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.  “Now they are all on their knees,”  A...

Saturday, December 20, 2014

RILKE: IF DRINKING’S BITTER, TURN INTO WINE

Silent friend of many distances, feel how your breath still enlarges space. Let your presence in the belfry of the night ring out like a a...

Monday, December 15, 2014

SZYMBORSKA, CORDING: THE MIRACLE OF REBUILDING

14h century French triptych, ivory. Its depiction of Nativity is unusual, possibly unique. In the upper right, Joseph is holding the baby;...

Saturday, November 1, 2014

GOODBYE TO PASCAL’S WAGER recreated after accidental erasure

limestone cave in Jeita, Lebanon Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium Dark cypresses — The world is uneasily happy; It will all be forgo...

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