Analysis of “At the Stern of a Ship,” focusing on how maritime imagery, metaphor, and paradox convey themes of memory and separation.
Metaphor and Paradox in Neil D. Lopido’s “At the Stern of a Ship”
Tag: life
Edgar Allan Poe: Writer in Residence
Places Poe lived from 1809 to 1849 and the Poe Museum in Richmond Virginia, leads to a look at the writer’s house as a pilgrimage shrine.
What the War Gave Back
An elderly man carries grief across a lifetime, until time bends and the past returns what it once took.
Calculated Chaos
The protagonist is primed for the chaos of cultural deconstruction that defines his place in this materialistic cesspool of human suffering.
Hush
Hush, stop moving-
feel the warmth
Ecclesiastes was Right
Great Artists Steal: How Artists Really Get Their Ideas by Debra N. Mancoff pulls back the curtain of what art was, is, and can become.
Disaster, Evil, and Moral Truth in Henry James: Genotiva’s Analysis
Examining David Genotiva’s analysis of Henry James’s literary works, focusing on how Genotiva interprets James’s treatment of moral disaster.
Moses’ Brother
Aaron’s brother pulls him into a violent drug deal. Aaron’s past come to light, forcing him to confront what he does and does not remember.
The Blue Binder
A tattered blue binder reveals a mind that sees pathways no one else can.
The Wrong Road
Exploring the moral conflict between a father and his son during the final years of the communist regime in Romania.
Deadname
”Deadname” is a sestina that mirrors gender transition with the emotional transition of a family that has to put their biases behind them.
My Brother
Much time has passed, idle memories
Save one picture
Used Steinways
A Story of Friendship, Growth, and the Love of Pianos.
The Last Voice Message from Abuela
A quiet, haunting story about a woman who keeps receiving voicemails from her deceased grandmother – messages that evolve with time.
Ineffable
I learned over half a century ago that there is metaphysical aspect to what we call “life,” and its awareness comes at unpredictable moments.
The Bel Air inside the Bog
A retired English teacher learns of a rumour about two missing high school students and sets out to solve the fifty year old puzzle.
Reunion Dues
I realized that many people we grew up with or near were never friends. They were just background extras in the journey to adulthood.