Daily Archives: September 1, 2010

Platonism

In the darkness of Plato’s cave away from the shelves of unborn concepts the metaphysical ghost withholds until apprehended by the tentacles of neurons and the form meets its matter.

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Short Circuit (translated from the poem Curto-Circuito published in the book “Coração do Fim do Mundo”

It made us digital long before microchip technology. Trapped inside liquid crystal, blessed by short circuits, from the angels’ silicon wings, until our deletion… Amen.

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Multilinguality in Literature

The essay below was sent by Ilona Ryder as a contribution to the discussions of the “Multilingual Writers Gathering”.   An immigrant from Austria, Ilona has been part of the English Department faculty at Grant McEwan College since 1994        … Continue reading

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Estrellas

De los cielos estrellados te hice esto hilado de estrellas; un poema de amor. Te hice un trenzado de amor; este hilado de estrellas. Mis palabras llenas de amor.   My special thank you to Patricia Lopez de Vloothuis, who … Continue reading

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Bypass

“She was lucky…her heart is working only 30% of what it should be. Bypass is the solution. She won’t go back home, surgery is urgent. How old is she? 52? Does she smoke?” “Hummm…she lives a not so conventional life…What … Continue reading

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