Poetry rankings, and politics.

Curious. People coming here through searches for Jessica Cutler and Washingtonienne are on the upswing, at the same time that people coming here looking for Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock are. Could the two phenomena be related? Stay tuned! Like Ezra Pound once said, “Literature is news that stays news.”

qotd

From no one gets out alive: Death plucks my ears and says, “Live – I am coming!” — Virgil

Chased out of their own home-town.

Meryl says, Christians are leaving Israel, mostly from the palestinian parts of the territories. More of that famous Muslim tolerance for other religions, I suppose. I guess they want everyone to be dhimmi now. Send some old Jesuits over there — yeah! Those guys won’t give quarter to anybody.

End of day

In the midst of thunderstorms here, so I can actually listen to something other than the whirrrr of cicadas. Lots of rain and storms lately, which has made me quite cranky. Barometric pressure. Hey, it’s a reason. Peter had his last exam today, in chemistry, which he for some unknown reason finds easy. He is Continue reading End of day