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Francis Bacon was not only one of the greatest writers, but also a great English statesman, philosopher and politician. The great classical poet Alexander Pope regarded him as “the wisest, the brightest and the meanest of mankind”. Bacon is the Father of English essay. His essays are famous for their wit and aphoristic style. Most of the lines from his essays have always been acclaimed as immortal quotes. For example, we may take the following lines that have become proverbs: Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. In charity there is no excess. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts,

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Bloggers Community Spenser’s masterpiece Fairy Queen is an exraordinary allegory. Dryden aptly remarks about Spenser: “ No man was ever born with a greater genius or more knowledge to support it”. He has been rightly described as the ‘poets’ poet’ as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other numberless poets were immensely influenced by him. Spenser was able to finish only six books of the epic, though his aim was to write twelve books. Spenser’s ‘sweet melodious sound’ was admired even by Shakespeare. Wordsworth aptly described him “Sweet Spenser, moving, through his clouded heaven / With the moon’s beauty and moon’s soft pace”. Spenser was aware of twelve virtues described by Aristotle that are indispensable to make an ideal person. By what means is this attainable? This incredible task was done by Spenser in his timeless nd comprehesive creation Fairy Queen. He decided to write twelve books devoted to these ideal virtues. What a gre

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Santosh Kumar: Santosh Kumar (b. 1946) is a poet, short-story writer and an editor from UP India; DPhil in English; member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of World Haiku Association, Japan; presented papers in the seminar at Oslo, Norway in September 2008; read his poetry in Lithuania 2009. He has also edited sixteen World Poetry Anthologies, and four books of World’s Great Short Stories. He is also the author of a collection of poems entitled Helicon,Haiku collection New Utopia, NO NUKES: Brave New World of Beauty, A Long Narrative Poem, Songs of Peace & Haiku,Critical Essays in collaboration with Adam Donaldson Powell.He has also edited The Poetic Achievement of Ban'ya Natsuishi.

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"The Wisest, the Brightest and the Meanest of Mankind"

Francis Bacon was not only one of the greatest writers, but also a great English statesman, philosopher and politician. The great classical poet Alexander Pope regarded him as “the wisest, the brightest and the meanest of mankind”. Bacon is the Father of English essay. His essays are famous for their wit and aphoristic style. Most of the lines from his essays have always been acclaimed as immortal quotes. For example, we may take the following lines that have become proverbs: Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. In charity there is no excess. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts,

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Karl Homolka and Julie Schenecker: The Catastrophe 1. Beware of child killer Karla Homolka drugging, raping, torturing, kiling young girls Beware of Julie Schenecker killing her teen-age children From such despair Thou alone canst free! In the midst of all chaos and violence I sing unnoticed Kissed by cross. Devil fierce as ten Furies Terror can go no further Than Sept 11 Ah heaven! Terror may rise again On the forehead Bible mantra Psychic elevator To conquer the fiend iii. Invisible malaise Nuclear rain Heart of hell Tenanted by Satan How senseless nations have been The golden key is the Second Coming Sweetest savior is not coming My love is His Second Coming The hunger for him And the adoring iv. Spell-bound I wait for Him To alter state of mind Of Honolka and Julie Schenecker For renascence of nonviolence To prevent shooting at Nebaska school

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"The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) the largest confrontation of World War II , in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd ) in Southern Russia . Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids , it was the largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.8–2 million killed, wounded or captured) battle in the history of warfare". What a tragedy! About 2 million people were killed in the Stalingrad Battle. Nobody cared to follow the sacred Commandments.Everybody was indifferent to the ancient prophets of peace and brotherhood. Human nature has not changed at all. The dark ominous clouds of The World War 3 'hover through the fog and filthy air', and the World War may break out any moment if we fail to love one another. I'm reminded of the following immortal lines by Matthew Arnold: And we are here as on a dar

Leaves of Grass

Many critics criticize Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. The Boston Intelligencer condemned his poetry as full of “bombast, egotism, vulgarity and nonsense". A few critics wanted Whitman to be punished. He deserves “the lash for such a violation of decency”. It is beyond comprehension why some of the critics called Leaves of Grass a dirty book. We should remember that both R.W. Emerson and Thoreau admired his poetry. Thoreau aptly remarked: “He has spoken more truth than any American or modern that I know. I have found his poem exhilarating, encouraging.” Take for example the following lines: I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love. What a magnificent, sharp, noble and clear thought! The lines show a force of Whitman’s originality and spiritual observance. The beauties

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Poetry on the Peaks: There is none like Buddha : "There is none like Buddha Buddha's fervour four lions preach all directions- stupa in space majesty of light empty throne on top bodhi ..."

Saint Faustina, Apostle of Divine Mercy

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Saint Faustina, Apostle of Divine Mercy Do what You will with me, O Jesus; I will adore You in everything. May Your will be done in me, O my Lord and my God, and I will praise Your infinite mercy. (St. Faustina's Diary #78) i With such a companion Faustina Mercy-A-Day 0ur mission O ye Muses Welcome Faustina, welcome His Mercy Welcome the solemn prayer To chant her name In my daily prayer ii Faustina! His Mercy Better than golden light of sun Thy compassion Thy obeying His word Gives me hope My Faustina! iii My 65 years are past Let your magic powers Restore my health My Faustina! iv Rescue our shattered world Protect us From the total havoc My Faustina! v A doubt, a fear Difficult times O Lord, through her intercession grant me a bit of light to dispel darkness My Faustina! vi Let me see only the Good in others Receive my prayer Grant

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A common misperception is that using lot of pain killers and medicine is not detrimental at all for our health. In fact, if we take pain killers on a regular basis, it is very harmful. We should analyse if it is okay. The truth is that pain medicines like paracetemol and codeine make us addictive and dependenent upon them. There are several good alternatives. Pain killers might give you only temporary relief, but they will have side effects too. Pain killer kills the symptom, but fails to cure the cause. The latest technique is Neurostimulation is very helpful in blocking the pain receptors, and there are are no side effects. The second alternative is practicing Yoga. The importance of Yoga as a threpy has been established by lates medical researches. Millions of Americans practice Yoga daily. Next technique is just simple walking , and drinking plenty of water to cleanse our body. If we have acute back pain , we may take a pain killers for a few days only. This won’t make us addicti

Jane Austen's Comedy of Human Nature

The most famous novels by Jane Austen, one of the greatest novelists in the world of literature, are Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice has always been my favorite. The most predominant theme in Pride and prejudice is love and matrimony. The opening lines of Pride and Prejudice are most famous, and strike the keynote of the novel: “ "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." These lines are spoken by Mrs. Bennet to her husband Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet desires to find suitable husbands for her five daughters. The popularity of the novel is substantiated by the fact that it has sold about 20 million copies across the globe. It is not possible to agree with Charlotte Bronte’s violent criticism of the novel: “ I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize J

Danoski's 'Mansion of Madness'

August 23, 2010

Danoski's 'Mansion of Madness' (SHOCK WAVES:Letters from the Edge Published by Vantage Press, New York, 1987, pp. 55, $6.95 ISBN 0-533-07281-6, Hardback) Shock Waves: Letters From The Edge is Joseph V. Danoski’s first collection of poems, under his pen name, Jonathan Konrad. The poems reveal ‘the strange and inverted world’ of Danoski, ‘poet of the nuclear age’. The first poem, and one of finest in this collection, describes that the poet is “a stranger with stranger ways”: I’m the most charming of charmers When people play the game I say, Or a soldier in my armor- Standing so close yet so far away (“The Dead of Night”, p. 1) Some of the most striking effects and shock waves the poet creates through subtle incongruities: Let us live the living night, Do the dance of dark delight: Give your life To live the rite Of the living night! (“The Rite of the Living Night”, p. 5) Danoski’s “Mansion of Madness” is blended “with gardens of grandeur”. The poet is