The texts of some of Irina Ratushinskaya’s poetry
When I did the Echoes from Eternity edition of Irina Ratushinskaya poems, I mentioned that I would post the texts of some of them. So, voilà. All are taken from the 1988 Bloodaxe Books anthology Pencil Letter. THE WHITE-HOT BLIZZARD We are branded with Russia By a white-hot blizzard, By the mad labyrinth of dark […]
Beirut Disaster: An Inspiring & Personal message from Trivina Kassis
The news from Beirut this week was horrendous. It was all just so NEEDLESS. A catalogue of criminality, responsibility-avoidance coupled with the impotence of those who were concerned because they could see there was a problem. For a country in such imperilled circumstances as Lebanon is already facing, a disaster like this, at their primary […]
Q Marks the Spot 142 (August 2020)
Sacred Treasure Steve Guthrie has a fascinating series on Music and the Holy Spirit over at Rabbit Room. In 4 parts, with this the first: The Sound that Breath Makes My friend Ziya Meral has a powerful piece on President Erdogan’s move to bring Muslim prayers back to the Hagia Sofia A Babylon Bee classic: […]
