oriana-poetry

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

Monday, December 14, 2015

SOVIET NOSTALGIA, STEM CELLS, GROWING UP WITH MARXISM AND CATHOLICISM, EFFECTS OF REMOVING BULLY ALPHA MALES

S oviet sculpture studio, 1953 CUCUMBER SOUP I know I’ll never meet anyone who’s had my childhood, surrounded by portraits of Lenin and K...

Saturday, December 5, 2015

ROBERT FROST “THE MOST OF IT”; MILOSZ ON SWEDENBORG; ELIZABETH BISHOP’S MOOSE

This is probably a bull moose — the closest I had to that “waterfalling.” THE MOST OF IT He thought he kept the universe alone; For al...

Saturday, November 28, 2015

MILOSZ: HUMAN SOLITUDE IN THE UNIVERSE; SHALLOWNESS OF MYSTICISM; ENTER, MEANING RETURN

THE FAR NORTH It’s been snowing all night. My mother and I take turns pushing father’s wheelchair. He dozes. He’s already part of the s...

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