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Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment Part 2: Jalal al-Din Rumi
“Simple, sincere, and selfless, Rumi was respected because he respected others. He was considerate even towards his enemies…” — Afzal Iqbal
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Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player Pump up the Volume
There is some basis for describing Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player as a southern Gothic rock and roll murder mystery. Yet there may be more reasons to consider it a mythopoeic love story in the mode of classic tales where heroes, and anti-heroes, attempt to challenge powers…
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Song of the Black Skylark: Poem in the American Literary Halloween Tradition
(Black Skylark title art graphic by Postered Poetics for Aberjhani) Does the enigmatic figure of the Black Skylark referenced in this blog title have anything to do with Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” (1845), with Walt Whitman’s “The Mystic Trumpeter”…
Bridge of Silver Wings 2025 