Category: Publishing
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Maya Angelou, Elliot Rodger, and Getting the Work Done (part 2) – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
“Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.” –from Journey through the Power of the Rainbow, Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry (Aberjhani) Continued from PART 1 Rodger told himself in particular that “women rejected” him and therefore deserved punishment while knowing nothing…
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Gifts of the Poets: Eugene B. Redmond and Coleman Barks (part 1)
Cover of Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas by Jeffrey B. Leak Among the greatest gifts that poets bestow upon each other’s lives are those of identity and validation. It is often through the mirror of words, meaning, and soul created by one poet that another begins to…
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Calligraphy of Intimacy: World Poetry Day 2014 – Bright Skylark Literary Productions
Untitled Photographed Painting by Jaanika Talts shared by the artist on Facebook.(All rights reserved by the artist) One need not, after all, call oneself an artist in order to embrace either the beauty that roses give to the world or the genius that one’s love does. (Aberjhani) I. ENCOUNTER WITH…
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Text and Meaning in T.J. Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (part 3 of 4)
Author Signe Waller explores the costs of love and freedom in the book LOVE & REVOLUTION. “…With endurance, laughter and a song these walls of injustice can be torn down, light can enter the rubble, the road to freedom can become more visible…” ––T.J. Reddy from the poem “We Are…