Epic Music Monday: Titania Music – Let’s Spread Hope

29 de Maio de 2017, 15:48, por O LADO ESCURO DA LUA

I love epic music! For me it is a perfect combination of the classic orchestral scoring, chorales and electronica music that I have enjoyed for decades. This stuff inspires me, and is a great companion as I write away on an exiting piece of fiction. Therefore, on Mondays I share a new piece by various artists on the blog… Epic Music Mondays!

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10 of the Best Robert Browning Poems Everyone Should Read

29 de Maio de 2017, 15:18, por O LADO ESCURO DA LUA

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Are these the best Browning poems?

Robert Browning (1812-89) was a prolific poet, so whittling down his poetic oeuvre to just ten defining poems is going to prove a challenge. With that in mind, it’s best to view the following list of Browning’s ten best poems as indicative – there are many other classic Robert Browning poems around. Still, these are our particular favourites, and, we hope, none is out of place in a Browning top ten.

‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came’. A grotesque quasi-medieval dramatic monologue detailing the quest of the titular Roland, this poem was produced in an attempt to overcome writer’s block: in 1852 Browning had set himself the New Year’s Resolution to write a new poem every day, and this vivid dreamscape is what arose from his fevered imagination. Browning borrowed the title from a line in Shakespeare’s King Lear; the…

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Western Washington University Hosts Workshop On How To “Reduce The Impact Of White Privilege”

29 de Maio de 2017, 15:16, por O LADO ESCURO DA LUA

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Source: Zero Hedge

As part of its Campus Equity and Inclusion Forums, the enlightened faculty of Western Washington University have decided to host a workshop that aims to “reduce the impact of white privilege on social and academic relations”…because the best way to address racial barriers (real or imagined) is to host a workshop that targets individuals based purely on their race.

The workshop series, highlighted by The College Fix earlier today, will be hosted by history professor Randall Jimerson who presumably has a lot of personal atoning to do for his white skin. Jimerson noted that while the seminar is open to everybody, it’s especially helpful for white folks who need to learn “how to reduce the expression and effects of their white privilege.”

“Most people of color are aware of the existence of ‘white privilege,’ whether or not they have applied this term to the disparity between…

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Sonetto [V] – Mahmūd Darwīsh

29 de Maio de 2017, 15:13, por O LADO ESCURO DA LUA

Poesia in Rete

Ti sfioro come il violino i sobborghi lontani.
Lentamente il fiume rivendica ciò che gli spetta di pioggerella
e piano piano si avvicina un domani che passa attraverso il poema.
Porto la terra lontana ed essa mi porta sulle vie del viaggio.

Sulla cavalla delle tue inclinazioni la mia anima tesse
un cielo naturale con le tue ombre, filo dopo filo.
Sono nato dai tuoi atti sulla terra, nato dalle mie ferite
quando accendono i fiori di melograno nei tuoi giardini chiusi.

Dal gelsomino scorre il sangue bianco della notte. Il tuo profumo
è la mia debolezza e il tuo segreto mi perseguita come il morso di un serpente. I tuoi capelli,
tenda di vento dai colori autunnali. Cammino con le parole
fino alle ultime parole dette dal beduino a due coppie di colombe.

Ti tocco come il violino la seta del tempo remoto.
E intorno a me, a te…

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