Poetry for the Inner Ear

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...

Vilna Gaon at the age of three was able to recite the whole Hebrew Bible. Vilna Gaon (1720-1797). Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, also known as Ha-Gra, was the foremost scholar-sage of Lithuanian Jewry in the eighteenth-century.                                                                              Born in Vilnius                                                 ...

Inspirational Quotes for Today We can create heaven on earth if we peruse the following inspirational quotes from the Bible. They will help us as the storms of sin and trouble nowadays afflict our inner peace. This is evident from terrorist attacks, and unfortunate happenings in Afghanistan, Egypt and Gaddafi's wayward regime: You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment". But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, "Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, "You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with y...

More Dangerous Than Wild Hogs all good comes from above shaman listens to to the sound: knocking at the sky past, present, today free sky never bothers I scratch thorn-thick tree and find unexpected waterfall  mute syllables graven on stone still waiting to be heard by a shaman system to annihilate earth- industry of nuclear weapons More dangerous than wild hogs wreaking havoc in USA a life well spent on Sermon on the Mount more than paradise of  all the books none  like Bible let your prayer enlighten terrorist take heed foe is invisible poetic fire dim muse drooping suicide bomber is here amid woods and meads river runs- silent nymph tyrants vex jew, christian, hindu beyond the world’s clutter wet grass and flowers- nature’s free gifts as I muse along passions storm the breast: a  gentle angel whispers peace