http://transylvaniandutch.com/td The occasionally thoughtful, often warped words of a sometimes poet Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:24:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wrote this haiku tonight: My excitement when I saw her face: unmeasurable. [like many poems, there is more than one way to interpret this. However, once a poem leaves the poet's pen, it no longer belongs to him. Whatever way the reader interprets it, is the correct way.] http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2608 Today is Victor Hugo's 208th birthday. The Worst Treason --Victor Hugo from: Chatiments Translated by: Henry Carrington The deepest infamy man can attain, Is to strangle Rome, or France enchain; Whate'er the place, the land, the city be, 'T is to rob man of soul and liberty; 'T is with drawn sword the senate to invade, And murder law in ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2607 Why there is no Jewish Narnia An interesting article on the absence of Jewish fantasy authors. The writer is careful to define fantasy as that which takes place in a distinctly alien land. Golems are fantasy, but most of these stories take place in otherwise realistic universes. To put it ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2606 Possibly NSFW SIZE DOESN'T MATTER - BIG PARADISE from Size Doesnt Matter on Vimeo. http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2605 Below originally posted in 2003 People Born on Feb 22: Founding Father, George Washington in 1732 Poet, James Lowell in 1819 Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1892 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in 1932 Basketball star “Dr. J” Julius Erving in 1950 Actress Jeri Ryan in 1968 Actress Drew Barrymore in 1975 An image is coming to mind involving ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2604 I've ordered a copy of my first collection of poetry from Lulu If I don't detect any errors in the copy, and I like the way it looks, you will be able to order it as well. http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2603 For ReadWritePrompt #114 we were provided with a list of words from which to create a poem. To write to this prompt, pick as many (or few) of these words as you want and write a poem using them. I like word challenge poems, and there were several evocative words to choose ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2602 The Poetic Asides - Wednesday Poetry Prompt is to write a poem involving candy. A Lesson on Poetry Forcing your lines to rhyme fine doesn't create poetry great. It's like covering a grasshopper in chocolate, and calling it candy. http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2601 ReadWritePoem's February challenge is to write some centos Basically, a Cento is a poem made up of lines from other poems. I think I shall attempt their 5-day challenge. Though the cento is not new to me. I wrote the following back in 2007 based on John Berryman's Dream Songs. You have to ... http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2600 A new study shows that Abstinence-Only eduction does work. IF religion and morality is removed from it. Kids don't listen when you tell them "No" But when you provide them with the negotiating skills to avoid peer pressure - that works. http://transylvaniandutch.com/td/archives/2599