Books &Literature Entropy | 26 May 2009
This is an enlightening excerpt from a review of Zbigniew Herbert’s book “Barbarian in the Garden” his remarkable collection of essays that constitute a ruminative tour of the architectural landmarks of European civilization. The polish poet and essayist who insisted that civilization depended on artists’ staking out clear moral positions resistant to the winds of [...]
Literature &Poetry Entropy | 23 Nov 2008
I’ve once again returned to Szymborska’s Poem. This is one of her signature poems where she playfully investigates the nature of the poetic imagination. It muses about the relationship between words & things, and illuminates the character of poetic making.. As such this my fifth post on her work.. Why does this written doe bound [...]
Books &Literature Entropy | 04 Aug 2008
In this age of mass media, mass movement, and globalization it is likely that we will confront different cultures and different races as we go about our daily business. But Turkey, which straddles the intersection of East and West, has always had to deal with the problems and pleasures of diversity. The best-selling Turkish novelist [...]
Literature &Poetry Entropy | 01 Jul 2008
This is an eloquent and inspiring article by Jay Parini published in The Chronicle Review, on the theme which is close to my heart Poetry doesn’t matter to most people. They go about their business as usual, rarely consulting their Shakespeare, Wordsworth, or Frost. One has to wonder if poetry has any place in the [...]
Literature &Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 21 Apr 2008
This poem is a ode in honor of Reason. The function of the first verse is the thesis: human Reason is the cause of both good and evil. The rest of verses (although not all of them) affirm this opinion. Thanks to Reason tolerance exists in the world, it is possible to distinguish good from [...]
Literature &Meditation &Poetry Entropy | 01 Jan 2008
Wish to begin first post of 2008 with excerpt of poem by an American Poet Edgar Lee Masters , which expresses profound truth of our life I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a [...]