A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
ABERJHANILooking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,
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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.–from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
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His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
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As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish,
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Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely obliterated.
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What hell condemned, let heaven now heal.
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Now come the whispers bearing bouquets of moonbeams and sunlight tremblings.
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The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy.
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Valentines Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies.
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President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.
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By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.
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A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmare to the jeweled vision of a life started anew.
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Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World
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Delivering well-crafted speeches, assembling unified coalitions, passing historic legislation, signing well-aimed executive orders, and cultivating a poised but accessible demeanor.
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As a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.
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It appears to be more that of a warrior-philosopher who practices the art of political persuasion by authoring acclaimed books
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