oriana-poetry

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

Saturday, August 31, 2019

ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE COMPLETELY BONKERS; WE LOVE EACH OTHER LIKE POPPY AND REMEMBRANCE; WHY MORE OBESITY NOW THAN A FEW DECADES AGO; MYTHS ABOUT SLAVERY; WRITERS AND TAROT; THE WESTERN AS A CALVINIST MYTH

Roseate Spoonbill, Everglades. I never cease to be wonder about the flamboyant strangeness of America — including, to be sure, “purple mo...

Saturday, August 24, 2019

IS LOLITA REALLY A MASTERPIECE? UNCONVENTIONAL HAPPINESS ADVICE; THE NEW SERVANT CLASS; CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY; HUMAN-CENTERED CAPITALISM; PUTIN’S FASCIST COUNTER-REVOLUTION; COMPASSION INCREASES IMMUNE FUNCTION

“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.” ~ Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind. Na...

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