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Half-Way Through the Plains

Posted on July 30, 2020 by leslie

Half-Way Through the Plains A Study of More Poems XXXV, by Darrell Sutton Half-way, for one commandment broken, The woman made her endless halt, And she to-day, a glistering token, Stands in the wilderness of salt. Behind, the vats of … Continue reading →

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Two Poems by Velaj

Posted on April 12, 2019 by leslie

Two Poems by Velaj             The Hymn of Madness The old women witch river banks Wetting white sheets of snow And wrapping dead mouse in them God forgive them They do not know what they are … Continue reading →

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English, Old and New

Posted on October 2, 2017 by leslie

English, Old and New DARRELL SUTTON celebrates the scholarship of Medievalist, Fred C. Robinson (Sep 23, 1930-May 5, 2016), Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English at Yale HWÆT; is that the English of old, Yet spoken in modern times? … Continue reading →

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Poems by Chad Norman

Posted on November 26, 2016 by leslie

Poems by Chad Norman To The Readers: The following poems are all memories. Mary is on the beach/shoreline where her Percy was cremated. She never actually visited the site. Each poem opens with her in a different pose. Along with … Continue reading →

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Forth on the Godly Seas

Posted on April 14, 2016 by leslie

Forth on the Godly Seas Darrell Sutton considers new translations of timeless texts Barry Powell, Homer: The Odyssey (Oxford U. Press, 2014), xxv, pp 459 Peter Green, The Iliad: A New Translation (U. of California Press, 2015), xvi, pp 592 … Continue reading →

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Et in Akkadia Ego

Posted on December 19, 2015 by leslie

Et in Akkadia Ego   Four Poems on antiquity by Darrell Sutton, plus commentaries The World’s Oldest Literature (2010) by W.W. Hallo is a title of a book of studies of Sumerian texts, and an answer to the age-old query, “which … Continue reading →

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A Collection of Visions

Posted on November 11, 2015 by leslie

A Collection of Visions by Drew Nathaniel Keane   Is that a deer?  Is that a deer upon the hill?  I froze And watched her grazing while a little fawn, Like gods around the Godhead circling on, Around her danced—A … Continue reading →

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Two poems by Liam Guilar

Posted on August 28, 2015 by leslie

Two Poems by Liam Guilar  Merlin to the Lady of the Lake And so it happed him to com to the roche theras the Lady of the Lake had put Merlyon undir the stone, and there he herde hym make a … Continue reading →

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The Reappeared

Posted on July 21, 2015 by leslie

The Reappeared by Derek Turner Deep in the tangle of the past He dreams, and we sometimes dream of him – Lying in anxiety of roots, Dead seeds, and splatted fruits, Waiting in the acid earth For the blade that … Continue reading →

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“Pre-Flight”

Posted on July 18, 2015 by leslie

“Pre-Flight” By Marcus Bales A tired, blood-shot moon was staring down Half-closed with puffy clouds, as if the night Before had been too hard, too late, too much. The wind was building like a headache, brown Around its sharpening edges. … Continue reading →

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