The Sun and Moon Within
As the moon represents our mental energy, the sun represents our life force. Both the sun and the moon are always there, but the moon remains hidden until it is exposed to the sun's light. In that encounter, our spiritual powers ignite.
Five Latin American Poets
I want to share the poetry of five great Latin American poets: Darío Jaramillo Agudelo, Rafael Cadenas, Blanca Varela, Ida Vitale and Fina García Marruz. You can not only read them but hear their translations recited in English.
Federico García Lorca’s ‘Santiago’
An interpretation of Federico García Lorca’s poem “Santiago” (1918) for voice and guitar.
The Labyrinth of Human Culture
Like the dream of a mute, expressions of ultimate reality cannot be communicated. Thus we create labyrinths, in search of the Perfect Word that cannot be translated.
A labyrinth due for demolition
This shed had been habitable once. You could occupy it of a summer afternoon ten long years ago, with ample space at the table where one could read and write and sip one's slowly cooling green tea, the cup continually refilled from the ever-present steaming kettle.
Familia Hotel
a double bed & a flat-screen tv, undressed
stone walls, so much bad blood, banging around
as if it were mid-morning…
I will show you the life of the mind on prescription drugs
From the mysterious recesses of the mind (or is that brain?) comes the urge to fix our sadness! Drugs are the answer, allied with literature. Legal, prescribed drugs, by hurried doctors, which reroute synapses in millions of human beings consciousnesses.
book babel
book babel (2020) is a sculpture poem made of bio-resin
Confessions of a Distracted Mind
We each have our own crooked nook of Reality from which to make sense of life. Perhaps a little poison is necessary to make the flow self-aware.
The Poisoned Cup
It has been said that holding onto anger is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die. Anger can be a catalyst. The first lightning bolt arrives with purpose, sent from the firmament to clear a torpid sky.
Memories of an old friend
Despite the years, I still remember her. Her small face had the softness of a swan, her eyes were the colour of autumn.
A Poisoned Mind
Poison need not be the plot device of an Agatha Christie mystery nor the mere mechanism of melodrama. There is a poison in and of the mind that is insidious, that seeps, that corrodes, that clouds the thought and distorts the judgement, that will take over entirely if left unattended.
US Election Special: An Emotional Response to Donald Trump
Existence, Trump reminds us, can be dark and meaningless indeed. How should one respond emotionally?
Nisos: Four Visual Poems
Four visual poems from widely-exhibited Greek poet and visual artist whose interdisciplinary works combine poetry, painting, photography, multimedia, performance, and new technologies.
Tales from Dublin Pubs: Corrigan's Mount Pleasant Inn of Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue
The pub was formerly under the management of a certain Mr. Barry Cotter, a social climber with six houses and Scrooge-like tendencies. Staff of those days included two doddery gents of a ripening vintage, kindly Robbie with a baritone voice that was made for the radio, and nasty Ciaran who cultivated many grudges and lived with his mother.
Sit terra tibi levis
Sit terra tibi levis. Digital print. 2020. Victor Manzanal.
Harmony
The world is out of balance. How many times has this been said? The machines of profit do not compute extraneous loss. They are out of balance with the natural world.
Harmony
Harmony refers to compatibility, fitting together, cooperation, unity, balance, understanding, goodwill. It stands for the whole. The dynamic of individual parts in sync, even when those parts contain contradictory forces.
Great Albums of the 2010s: a decade in retrospect
This list could change your life. Allow Mercurius to guide you through some of the greatest sounds of the 2010s.
Love and I
Today, my dear Mercurius friends, I want to share some poems by Fanny Howe, an American poet who turned 80 this October 15, 2020.
The never-ending quest…
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