The Vatican Film List: 15 Best Movies about Religion
The Vatican Film List: 15 Best Movies about Religion Andrei Rublev — Andrei Tarkovsky (1969, USSR) The Mission — Roland Joffé (1986, UK) La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) —… Continue Reading
“The white moon / La lune blanche” by Paul Verlaine
"The white moon" The white moonShines in the wood;From every branchThere comes a voiceBeneath the arbor ... O my love. The pond reflects,Like a shimmering mirror,The silhouetteOf the black willowWhere the wind laments ... Let… Continue Reading
“Bloom—is Result—to meet a Flower” by Emily Dickinson
"Bloom—is Result—to meet a Flower" Bloom—is Result—to meet a FlowerAnd casually glanceWould scarcely cause one to suspectThe minor Circumstance Assisting in the Bright AffairSo intricately doneThen offered as a ButterflyTo the Meridian— To pack the… Continue Reading
“Canary” by Rita Dove
Canary for Michael S. Harper Billie Holiday’s burned voicehad as many shadows as lights,a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you’re cooking, drummer to bass,… Continue Reading
“La Luz de Primavera” by Emily Dickinson (translation by Rico Paul Vallejos)
La Luz de Primavera La luz de primaverasólo asomaen el marzo del norte,en el septiembre del sur. Un color se plantaen campos solitarios,la ciencia apenas entiendepero lo siente la humanidad. Te espera en el jardíny… Continue Reading
“A Light exists in Spring” by Emily Dickinson
A Light exists in Spring A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period —When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It… Continue Reading
Michelangelo makes a shopping list
Michelangelo's shopping list Not only was Italian artist Michelangelo one of the greatest sculptors and painters of the High Renaissance, he created art even when making a shopping list. Most likely, the extra effort was… Continue Reading
“March Moon” by Langston Hughes
March Moon The moon is naked. The wind has undressed the moon. The wind has blown all the cloud-garments Off the body of the moon And now she’s naked, Stark naked. But why don’t you… Continue Reading
I have never seen “Volcanoes” — by Emily Dickinson
I have never seen "Volcanoes" I have never seen “Volcanoes” —But, when Travellers tellHow those old — phlegmatic mountainsUsually so still — Bear within — appalling Ordnance,Fire, and smoke, and gun,Taking Villages for breakfast,And appalling… Continue Reading
“Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe
Alone From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not bringMy passions from a common spring—From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow—I could not awakenMy heart… Continue Reading