It is probably true that in the life and work of every poet there comes a time when they get into their stride and begin the journey towards greatness, an aspiration that they will not all achieve, or that some will achieve more than others. But it is also true, that none have been so […]
Written for Nekneeraj at mindlovemiserysmenagerie: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/19271780/posts/2735534632 God’s temple Under a scarlet sky live prevails in theory but ceases to exist for those incessantly choosing to minimize the lives of others in an attempt to stand higher in an unseen temple built big enough for two but allowing only one to be alive. ©2020 CBialczak Poetry
My writing journey began March 1,2018 when I joined the WordPress family. I had turned 70 and was reading an online article by Professor Jordan Peterson when I glanced at a WordPress icon at the bottom of the page. Being curious I clicked the icon and ended up following the instructions on becoming a member, […]
Over the last few days, protests have erupted all over the U.S., in the aftermath of yet another unnecessary Black death at the hands of the police. As someone who studies feminist activism and sexual violence, I see and read instances of violence, injustice and discrimination everyday. I always want to highlight these issues and […]
via Reading to Learn, Act and Change: Black Lives Matter — Field Notes from a Feminist Researcher
I was looking for an uplifting bit of escapism. Field of Dreams is a film that I’ve always loved. It still moved me when I saw it this weekend but now in a totally new way. One of the small consolations of the pandemic is the clarity we are offered. Because life as usual isn’t […]
via “If you build it they will come” revisited, or Field of Dreams in 2020 — barczablog
When words don’t seem enough, my fear cannot be spoken, I can only try and show it.
Emily Dickinson’s poem “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -” is one of the mentor texts in Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell’s anthology Sleeping on the Wing. I love the anthology and often use it to pique my students’ interest in reading and writing poetry. It’s a new way of looking at […]
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life. Bernard Williams, English, philosopher
via “Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.” — Art of Quotation
Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos. Danny Silk, author
via “Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.” — Art of Quotation
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. Hannah Arendt, book quote from “Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism”, p.70, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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