The Dream
This drawing came about through a wonderful “needle in a haystack” experience at the University of Oregon Knight Library book sale.
Month: June 2009
Afghan Ghosts
Some years ago, I read a short story by an Afghan woman in which she described the Taliban as crows. Their black turbans, nasty demeanor, and aggressive, pack behavior reminded her of flocks of the noisy, menacing birds.
The Poetry Cure
This piece reconstructs two different “prescriptive” sources: Robert Haven Schauffler’s’ The Poetry Cure and Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. The Poetry Cureis a humorous anthology of poems organized by ailment …
Ephemerarium 