Poetry – Happy the Man by John Dryden
The Cold Within: Poem. Purpose. Progress.
14 March, 2012 Leave a Comment
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run…
We each choose what makes those sixty seconds worthwhile. The late James P. Kinney ran the distance fueled by a sense of justice, and his poem helped change the world for the better.
Childhood Books
15 February, 2012 Leave a Comment
Poetry – “Childhood Books” poem took seven years to write and ended up being a song on a progressive rock album. It started as an attempt to translate the ballads of a legendary Russian poet and singer named Vladimir Vysotsky (Владимир Высоцкий). Vysotsky ruled the hearts and the minds of Russians throughout the sixties and seventies. Unfortunately, his own heart stopped beating too soon – he died in 1980, during the Moscow Olympics, at the age of 42.
St. Crispin’s Day Speech from Shakespeare’s “Henry V”
30 December, 2011 Leave a Comment
Poetry. If anyone doubts the power of words, spoken or written, they need only read Shakespeare. Among Shakespeare’s works, few have the power of the scene from his drama “Henry V”, known as the “St Crispin’s Day Speech”.
Invictus
29 December, 2011 5 Comments
Poetry.William Henley’s poem “Invictus” is frequently placed and quoted along with Kipling’s “If”. Here you will find the poem and an introduction to its author, William Henley.
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