by alan | Aug 15, 2016 | Clarion Autumn 2016, Clarion Causes
Freevill (to Franceschina): Go; y’are grown a punk rampant. If your only exposure to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film version, then you have been deceived! The language in the film is not 100% Shakespearean. In the...
by alan | Aug 15, 2016 | Clarion Autumn 2016, Uncategorized
John Clare was born into a peasant family in Helpston, England. Although he was the son of illiterate parents, Clare received some formal schooling. While earning money through such manual labor as ploughing and threshing, he published several volumes of poetry,...
by alan | Aug 15, 2016 | Clarion Autumn 2016, Uncategorized
John Donne’s standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest writers of English prose, is now assured. However, it has been confirmed only in the early 20th century. The history of Donne’s reputation is the most remarkable of any major writer in...
by alan | Aug 14, 2016 | Clarion Autumn 2016, Clarion Causes
Henri Michaux died in Paris in 1984 at the age of 85. Michaux is a poet of unique style, one that is particularly difficult to pinpoint. He most closely resembles the surrealists, but cannot even accurately be grouped with them. Frederic Sepher pointed out that much...
by alan | Aug 13, 2016 | Clarion Autumn 2016, Clarion Rock
It is my honor and privilege to present Alfred Corn, the great American poet and essayist. Mr Corn was asked by J.D.M.P.S to write a poem in remembrance of Jim Morrison and we are delighted with his submission. The true Jim Morrison fan has read every single word of...
