The limerick is such a simple form of poetry. And yet its rigid structure makes it surprisingly difficult to write a good one. But what’s even […]
Limericks and poetry that examine religious questions and religious traditions from around the world.
I wrote The Legend of Bell a few years ago and left it on the shelf, waiting for the stars to align. Given the events of […]
The history of language is the history of humanity. It’s what separates us from the worms and the beasts. The philosopher Wittgenstein famously said that without […]
In Germany, he is something like William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin all rolled into one. But in America, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) enjoys […]
There’s a curious connection between conscience and consciousness. The capacity for guilt and remorse is a necessary condition for mindful beings. Freudians label it the superego. […]
Not every collection of poetry includes a chapter of Limericks about the Bible. And that’s unfortunate. Perhaps we can blame the patriarchy. There’s a long and […]