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love/poetry/xenophon

Sappho, “And I said / I shall burn…”; Xenophon, Memorabilia III.11

Posted on October 20, 2018 by ashok / 0 Comment

The willingness to make a sacrifice—And I said / I shall burn—is an attempt to bribe the gods. I assume the fat thigh-bones of a white she-goat would be set afl...

dickinson/love/poetry

Emily Dickinson, “My River runs to thee” (162) & “Distance — is not the Realm of Fox” (1155)

Posted on August 19, 2017 by ashok / 0 Comment

Dickinson, utterly unshy about her desires, introduces a problem for those of us reading her. On the one hand, her frankness about sex is refreshing after so mu...

love/poetry

Ha Jin, “Missed Time”

Posted on July 6, 2017 by ashok / 0 Comment

I want to write about joy, but I wonder how other people conceive their legacies. I realize this sounds like a strange combination. For not a few of us, though,...

love/poetry

William Carlos Williams, “This Is Just To Say”

Posted on June 17, 2017 by ashok / 4 Comments

Derision is easy. I often tell myself that adults act out an extended version of high school. Somewhere between 14 and 18, our tastes form in some fundamental w...

dickinson/love/poetry

Emily Dickinson, “I’ve nothing else — to bring, You know —” (224)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by ashok / 0 Comment

I’ve nothing else — to bring, You know — (224) Emily Dickinson I’ve nothing else — to bring, You know — So I keep bringing These — Just as the Night...

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Student of Political Philosophy. Writes too much, badly needs an editor. Everything on this blog will eventually be revised or eliminated. The hope of this blog is to present you varied, thoughtful works, ones not typically engaged online. Contact me.

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