Images in the Time of Shadows: A Poem
Images in the Time of Shadows A dove sits in the tree of life in the genesis of mist – a tracery for the vale of tears – this for that and that for... Read more.
Eva Forgives the Angel of Death
Here is a poem by Lorraine Labriola, on forgiveness, which we post in light of the Jewish commemoration of Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement – and as... Read more.
In Light of Day: A Comparative Glance at Saul Alinsky and Dorothy Day
Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern revisionism... Read more.
Why Is This Night Different? – A Poem
The table set for everyday- my father, leaning in; two or three gathered. His usual shyness at supper- the rub of indignity against composure; his cane, his... Read more.
Tagging the Palace Walls
I was in Desmond’s Hip City. Delroy Wilson’s musty Dancing Mood posters strewn underfoot. Party for the End of the World slapped on the hoarding, made from cut... Read more.
The Backstory of the Daily News: Notes on Science, Politics and Gnosticism by Eric Voegelin
(Eric Voeglin (1901-1985) was a German political philosopher, who narrowly escaped the Gestapo, and spent most of his life in America. He wrote voluminously, with... Read more.
Sunday Poem: A Riddle
The Professor loved to laugh. Social propriety piqued him. Practiced in the Grand Art of Comedy, he was an untiring scoffer; an assailant on the dismal. He... Read more.
The Eternal Flame: A Poem
Persona Christi, in his threefold office, Faces the House where the Pillar of Smoke Made camp, his head by the nails in His feet, His breath, pulled out of... Read more.
Misreading Eden
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, “Tell me, where are you going?” And this he... Read more.