“How do I look in this new outfit?” A not too close friend asked the other day. Truth be told or truth be withheld? I had so many answers to her question. Hideous! Abominable! Shocking! Totally ridiculous! I looked at her and said, “Interesting!” What a wonderful word! I felt good. I did not insult …
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Under The Night Sky
Under the night sky,you and I walked.The dim light of the stars cast a halo around uslike ghosts with a form.Our feet sank in the cool desert sandas dense as our emotions,heavy, drowning usUnder the night sky we were mesmerizing, as the stoked up magic of a wizardMoving up and down the slopes of the …
Women in the poetry of painters like Rossetti and Michealangelo
Critics usually divide the painting and poetry of painter-poets into two different forms of art but sometimes artists make their art so fluid that it segues seamlessly from poetry to art. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) and Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) both were painter-poets and both depicted women in a different light but their portrayal …
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What is your shtick as a writer?
Shtick, a word I learnt fairly recently is a talent, style, habit, or other eccentricity for which a person is particularly well-known for. So as a writer, what is your shtick? (derived from the Yiddish word shtik (שטיק), meaning "piece") Do you just write humorous pieces or do you only pen down words that make your …
Return to Sender
There are specific features that all objects and individuals possess. We buy those objects, the features of which satisfy our needs. We choose to be with those individuals who have features/dispositions/mannerisms/values etc. that we feel comfortable with or that give us happiness. But sometimes when we get close to some individuals, those likable features turn …
Changing Heroic Masculanities
I read about masculinity in the Victorian times in one of my courses at school and have been wondering what shaped the notions of masculinity in the 19th century and has the very framework of those notions changed! The concept of masculinity in Victorian times was diverse as it was influenced by factors like economy, …
Can prose have rhythm?
"Rhythm must have meaning," - Ezra Pound Is there rhythm in prose? Can prose have a musicality to it, a natural flow that makes it a smooth read? If a poet is a metrist, what is a prose writer? Prose writer is also a music maker. A music that comes naturally with the way the …
Interesting connotations of ‘Interesting’
“How do I look in this new outfit?” A not too close friend asked the other day. Truth be told or truth be withheld? I had so many answers to her question. Hideous! Abominable! Shocking! Totally ridiculous! I looked at her and said, “Interesting!” What a wonderful word! I felt good. I did not …
Prosopopoeia
"The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve: Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time." (Theseus in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1) “Iron tongue of midnight?” Prosopopoeia. A prosopopoeia (proso-po-pe-uh) is a rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another imaginary or dead person. …
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After I was shocked and moved and upset and angry over the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, I thought of the lovely little angels. Just a few days before the holidays, they were taken away from their families. They must have already kept their Christmas list under the tree so Santa can fulfill their wishes. Who …
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