Short Fiction, Poetry and Classic Book Reviews
Waiting my turn in line on the field, Standing in torrential rain, My extremities numb in the winter cold, I get hit but I feel no pain. The incoming projectile slides through my hands, And strikes me right in the beak, I run to the next marker, wait in line again, The boy in... Continue Reading →
Young and untouchable with a lifetime to waste, Days lost for nothing, but lived at full pace, But you cannot go back and the seeds you have sown, Despite all your tears, unavoidably grow, So the old man must bear all the younger’s mistakes, And the wounds earned in youth scar the older man’s face.... Continue Reading →
James Joyce’s loosely autobiographical novel spans several years in the life of young Stephen Dedalus. Observing him mainly in a school and university setting, the book focuses on significant events and stages in his development. These points are merely markers in the story, while the substance is Stephen’s inner struggle: his emotions, questions, doubts, fears,... Continue Reading →
Say what you like about war, what with its incalculable death and suffering, yet it has been a goldmine of inspiration for all sorts of art and entertainment. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque draws on his own World War I experiences to paint a sobering portrait of life (and death)... Continue Reading →
The fire of youth, enraged and wild, The first steps out from the shaded child, Into the waiting jaws of men, That dying dreams may live again. Minds are cradled, knives are drawn, Cutting a path for the blazing dawn, Journeys begun without a choice, Following after their master’s voice. Shaped and formed,... Continue Reading →