I have just finished reading Melville’s short novel, Billy Budd. Its main theme is innocence. If we look back, we can easily find hosts of noble writers and poets obsessed by the clash of innocence and corruption in man. Just a couple of names: J. J. Rousseau and William Blake.Show More »
FOREWORD
FIRESTORM, A Piece by Michael Murtaugh
TWO POEMS by Marie Kazalia
ACES, NIPPLES OR SHOTS, A Poem by Ward Kelley
SIMPLE, A Poem by Tom Kellar
AT MATCHPOINT, A Poem by Arlene Ang
TWO EPIGRAMS by Michael Segal
From IRMEGARD, Fragments of a Baroque-Punk drama by Patrick Gasperini
THREE POEMS by Sean Woodward
TWO POEMS by J. Kevin Wolfe
ABOUT Mr JOYCE’S ULYSSES, A Realistic Review by Patrick GasperiniShow More »
This is only a small tribute to the extraordinary genius of Stéphane Mallarmé, who died a hundred years ago, on 9 September 1898. No-one has ever written, and will ever write, such perfect masterpieces as Hérodiade and L’Après-Midi d’un Faune. Shame on poor Anatole France, who had the cheek toShow More »
Have you ever heard of Nonism? I only read about it just a couple of months ago. The Nonist Manifesto by Dr Charles Mintern is dated September 2, 1996. I take the liberty of advertising part of its message and advising young poets and writers to learn more about it.Show More »
ISSN 1529-0832 Vol 1 No 0 – July 1998All Works are Copyright © their Authors 1998All Rights Reserved Worldwide No portion of this electronic magazine may be reproduced in any other form or by any means, except for the purposes of review, without the prior consent of the appropriate copyright owner.Show More »