Categoría: a short story
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Venus de Milo by Luisa Zambrotta
On 8 April 1820 the famous ancient statue Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos (Milos in modern Greek) . It was presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. The marble statue, which is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek…
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WITNESSING by Jeffrey Zable
The last thirty seconds of the pigeon’s squirming, the hawk holding it down with its claws, and as soon as there is no movement below, the hawk starts tearing away the feathers with its beak. I watch in complete fascination, while at the same time I feel sad and knotted…
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Spring Tide by Neil Brosnan
Gazing through her living room window, Bernie wonders how this morning and last night could belong to the same season – never mind the same week. In contrast to the dark hours of wind and rain that followed last evening’s thunder storm, this July morning has brought clear skies, warm…
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looking for reasons to doubt the voice by Bogdan Dragos
and this time too it comes out of nowhere the voice says, «Now wait a heartbeat. What is this? Don’t you think you’re a bit too happy now? The hell you think you’re doing!? Trying to leave your nature behind? Become a new man? Haha! Alright then. Good luck. I…
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The Honesty Policy by Edward Ahern
Frankie was a junk monkey. His card and web site said household removals, but he admitted to himself that he was only a half step up from a medieval rag picker. And he relished it. Discarded belongings for him were eloquent resumes about who the owners had been. These previously…
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Mr Tambourine Man: cultural references (2)
LE BATEAU IVRE (Rimbaud) Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship,My senses have been stripped, my hands can’t feel to grip,My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heelsTo be wanderin’. This verse recalls the poem “Le Bateau Ivre” (The Drunken Boat) written by…
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GOVERNESS by Katya Mills
When she was young she made an immediate impression and men were taken by her. She was poor and easy to wanna rescue and her temper had been forged in a cauldron of family fire which could throw you back like the recoil of a pistol. She caught the fearless…
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online gambling by Bogdan Dragos
it’s a trend that never seems to want to die and just like most trends I hate it don’t wanna be part of it and once more I feel alone nothing new here I’m not really bothered to see that everyone and their grandma gambles on their smartphone, I just…
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The Masquerade of the North by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
In the dusty outskirts of Maiduguri, where the sun scorched the earth and the air transported the weight of unspoken fears, Zainab lived a life stitched together by survival. She was a schoolteacher, or had been, before Boko Haram’s shadow fell over Borno State. Now, her days were spent weaving…
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The Scarescrow by Mummun Samanta
«He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father’s saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’ » («Mending Wall» by Robert Frost) My…
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Mr Tambourine Man: cultural references (1) by Luisa Zambrotta
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN Some critics have said that the “Mr Tambourine Man” is about drugs, but Dylan has always denied that. Other commentators have interpreted it as a prayer to the singer’s muse for inspiration, his search for transcendence, or a reflection of the audience’s demands.“Mr. Tambourine Man” has…
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On Your Mark… by Suzanne S. Austin-Hill
Run, children, run! Take note…the Jacaranda trees bloom. Their showy clusters of pale purple point the way to tables adorned with vibrant colors – sunny yellow, bright orange, passionate red. Your laughter sounds like that of any other child. You swing around a pole to…
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he has to be stopped by Bogdan Dragos
the authorities keep following him around town searching for him They’ve been playing this game for a time longer than they care to remember Thus another urban legend was born The beggar poet Not much difference between a beggar and a poet anyhow but this one angered the blue uniforms…
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Mr Tambourine Man: analysis by Luisa Zambrotta
Kandisky – 1939 Mr Tambourine ManThe time is early morning after a sleepless night. The narrator calls on Mr Tambourine to play a song and says he will follow him. In the course of the four verses he expounds on this situation often using ambiguous imagery, though the desire to…
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to hide from one’s thoughts ok late by Bogdan Dragos
he comes to the park at night to try to stop thinking It sometimes works It just hasn’t worked ever since he kept finding her there by the basketball field in the dimmest light managing only the lamest throw of a ball to ever be witnessed What’s wrong with her?…
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Censorship & Michelangelo by Luisa Zambrotta
The Last Judgement. The Last Judgement, painted by Michelangelo from 1535 to 1541, in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, was the object of accusations of immorality and obscenity from the very start. Vasari recorded that the Papal Master of Ceremonies thought this composition of writhing, muscular nudes was not a work…
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