The great actor Robert Mitchum was a fellow poet. Here is one of his poems:
_________________ The Shadow The shadow breathes, just as we breathe in and out expanding as the spotlight turns toward us, its false sun highlighting the transient, feckless features of the body, lifting our little selves to extraordinary latitudes, and contracting only as we dare to turn. To understand. The intoxications of desire and fear, the […]
PERSIA
Iranians, Aryans, Persians, what is in a name given? Their history spanning thousands of years today their culture almost hidden under a newer faith ruling and dresses not being worn their music not danced to the glory of an empire casts a shadow over their modern times of a proud people who suffer still […]
THE FEMININE
To a boy or a man, the feminine is fair proven duly by admiration and a glare to get the woman’s attention, is the key to win her affection, to bend your knee and nobly ask her to become your wife to swear to love and protect her for life then marriage, children, a […]
Russia reasons to invade Ukraine
The Kremlin’s main stated reasons include: Protection of people in the Donbas region (Donetsk and Luhansk) from alleged “genocide“, “bullying“, and “abuse” by the Ukrainian government. Russia claimed that Russian-speaking populations there had suffered for eight years (referring to the conflict that began in 2014). Putin invoked this as a humanitarian necessity and a […]
Stríð í Úkraínu
Það er gömul synd og gömul skuld svo gamlar erjur ýfðar upp að nýju, sakir gleymdar en tilfinningar geymdar diplómatar heyrast ekki í háreystinu, því að tilbúinn vandinn skal leystur með skriðdrekum og sprengjum og blóðinu af hraustum drengjum en vandann átti aldrei að leysa. hann átti að verða átylla að öðru […]
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
This painting is called “Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David, a prominent French Neoclassical painter. Napoleon is shown on a rearing horse, symbolizing power and control. The red cloak contrasts sharply with the muted background. The scene commemorates Napoleon’s crossing of the Great St. Bernard Pass in May 1800 during the War of […]
Liberty Leading the People
This painting is called “Liberty Leading the People” (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple), and it is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. A woman personifying the concept and the Goddess of Liberty leads the people forward over a barricade and the bodies […]