Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

“Under a tyranny the law is misused as an instrument of injustice, persecution, repression, and oppression.” “Correctly construed, th...

  “The social sciences are like the straight edge of a ruler that guides the creative pencil of the humanities.”     Bust of Auguste Com...

In this post I offer analysis and commentary about two of my favorite poems. ANECDOTE OF THE JAR by Wallace Stevens I placed a jar ...

OLD SAWS, FRESH SAUCE All play and no work makes Jack unemployed. The path to Heaven is cratered with bad intentions. A thous...

“Coffee is a beverage you drink with your nose and digest with your heart.”   “Do not surrender one handhold until you hav...

“Democracy is a work in progress, fascism a work in regress.” Assassination of Ninoy Aquino, August 21, 1983

“Forgetfulness is the incomprehension of those who misconstrue the past.” “Remembrance is the vision of the future.” Ninoy Aqu...