Poetry for the Inner Ear

Short Story Facts We find in the contemporary short stories an extraordinary quality of characterization, dialogue and situation. Several of these stories reveal the tense moments leading to an apt climax. The violence appearing as predominant theme in some short-story writers is not surprising, because our planet is now almost accustomed to the sinister storms of terror, nuclear war, moral and sexual depravity in all walks of life.  In a few stories , we find the authors demanding freedom not of principles but of instincts, a freedom to live in ‘a lawless universe where the only master is the inordinate energy of desire’ (Albert Camus, The Rebel ). These short stories are ‘charmingly unexpected, and unexpectedly charming’. What is extraordinary is that these authors are at the peak of their style-unpolished, vigorous, terse and suggestive. In several stories, we notice the use of satire, but it is a gentle criticism of contemporary life and manners, devoid of any contempt or mali

                                                                                                                  North Pole                                                                                                                  Dec22, 2010 Santa’s Letter to Liza Dear Liza Hope this finds you quite well. In expressing your affection to me and warm invitation to visit your house during Christmas.Your letter was unsurpassable. I’m sending you two poems. Please read, and tell this to your parents and grandpa: Two ultimate laws alone we know,   The ledger and the sword -- So far away, so long ago, We lost the infant Lord. Only the children clasp His hand; His voice speaks low to them, And still for them the shining band Wings over Bethlehem. -Ogden Nash Yet the hearts must childlike be Where such heavenly guests abide: Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide! Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear, We would wish you,