Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 1273), was a Persian mystic, philosopher and poet, founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufism. Rumi was known as the “drunken Sufi” because he found ecstasy in dancing, poetry and music.One day Rumi was walking along a street in Konya, Turkey (then part of the Persian empire) when… Read More The Wisdom of Rumi
Gerard Manley Hopkins (born on 28 July 1844) was an English poet and Jesuit priest whose posthumous fame placed him among the best Victorian poets. None of his poems were published during his lifetime. In a period of traditional verse. he was an innovator in prosody (especially as regards his “sprung rhythm”, based on the… Read More Pied Beauty
Reinhold Niebuhr (born on 21 June 1892) was an American theologian famous for his studies on the possibility of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr., who claimed he had been more influenced by Niebuhr’s social and ethical ideals than… Read More Serenity Prayer
John Milton, who was born in London on 9 December 1608 and died in 1674, was an English poet, and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell.He is best known for “Paradise Lost”, widely regarded as the greatest epic poem in English.He wrote in English, Latin, Greek,… Read More On His Blindness
I have already published the fourth and fifth parts of Mary Oliver‘s poem “Sometimes”. From today I will publish the other parts that make up this poem and their translation into Italian § 1Something came upout of the dark.It wasn’t anything I had ever seen before.It wasn’t an animalor a flower,unless it was both.Something came… Read More Mary Oliver: “Sometimes” ( § 1 – § 2)
Henry Kissinger ~ born on 27 May 1923 “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” “Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.” “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” “Il potere è il massimo afrodisiaco.” “Beate le… Read More Kissinger and Power
Robert Frost, one of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, was born in San Francisco on 26 March 1874. He died in Boston in 1963 His first poetry collection was “A Boy’s Will” published in 1913. “A Prayer in Spring” is its tenth poem: it describes the greatness of love found not in distant… Read More A Prayer in Spring🏵
Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American poet, as well as journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor, who was born on 6 December 1886.Although married and with children Joyce Kilmer volunteered for service in 1917 following America’s entry into World War I. Before his departure, he contracted with publishers to write a book about the war,… Read More Joyce Kilmer: Trees
♣ “If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.” ♣ “There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” Tom Robbins – American novelist (born on 22 July 1932) ♣ “Se… Read More Tom Robbins
Jonah and the Whale (from “The Book of Jonah”) Jonah received a calling from the Lord to go to Nineveh and preach because its people were very wicked. Anyway, He said He had decided to destroy the town after forty days. Nineveh was one of Israel’s greatest enemies and Jonah was not willing to… Read More Jonah and the Whale
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