Of Poetry


"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."


~Dead Poet's Society~

April 05, 2020

Michael Longley's Poem: Ceasefire

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I mage by Colin Davidson A couple years ago a friend of mine sent me a YouTube clip of a poetry reading by Michael Longley , Ireland Pro...
March 14, 2020

Einstein and Apple Pi

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“Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.” Albert Einstein (born this day in 1879) Hope everyone had a nice ...
March 08, 2020

Edward Rodeson Taylor: The Poet and The Poem

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I have, of late, steeped myself in a depth-study of a poet most people seem to be unaware of. Edward Robeson Taylor is an incredibly t...
March 05, 2020

Warfare in Homer's Iliad

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In no manner do I glorify warfare, nor am I a devout pacifist. I have mentioned before that the prospect and reality of warfare both hor...
February 29, 2020

Frank Tenney Johnson's Night at the Trading Post [Poet]

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There is a painting hung in the hallway near the main cafeteria of the hospital where I work called, Night at the Trading Post . It was ...
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February 27, 2020

Walt Whitman: The Amiable Poet

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One of my all time favorite books to read is actually a series of lectures given by William James at the University of Edinburgh, Scotl...
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February 23, 2020

Existentialist, Karl Jaspers: A Quote

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“To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.” Karl Theodor Jaspers (1883 – 1969) B...
February 22, 2020

Hope's Epoch

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Hope’s Epoch How amazing to me the dawning light Gilding with rosy flames the purple clouds As His children below head out in cr...
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John W. May
My longstanding interest in philosophy and theology- both sparked by my interest and belief in God- are what brought me to poetry, hence here.
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