David Given Schwarm

       Who mourns for Adonais? Oh, come forth,       Fond wretch! and know thyself and him aright.       Clasp with thy panting soul the pendulous Earth;       As from a centre, dart thy spirit’s light       Beyond all worlds, until its spacious might       Satiate the void circumference: then shrink       Even to a point within our day and night;       And…

When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe.

yep, I smell like a church.

       And many more, whose names on Earth are dark,       But whose transmitted effluence cannot die       So long as fire outlives the parent spark,       Rose, rob’d in dazzling immortality.       “Thou art become as one of us,” they cry,       “It was for thee yon kingless sphere has long       Swung blind in unascended majesty,       Silent alone amid…

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sometimes one sword cuts better than five. And countless other amazing poetic achievements. And so much plot, and imagery, and intrigue, and glory, and just damn good writing. A classic for a reason–not sure if the Wordsworth translation is even in the running…

       The inheritors of unfulfill’d renown       Rose from their thrones, built beyond mortal thought,       Far in the Unapparent. Chatterton       Rose pale, his solemn agony had not       Yet faded from him; Sidney, as he fought       And as he fell and as he liv’d and lov’d       Sublimely mild, a Spirit without spot,       Arose; and Lucan, by his…

Last week there was talk of cell membranes and magnetism–nerds always assume that they are smart and know how these things work. They don’t. Magnetism is Devine magic which lead to a big power up in the Rehsif backstory! Not only is she still a groupie for fisherman but she has Daddy Issues–her pop studied…