“Soneto amargo a la taza de café” de Ricardo Castorrivas (El Salvador)
Es la musa que anima a los poetas que van al cafetín de tarde en tarde. Mientras hablan de versos y cometas, la cafeína en sus cerebros arde…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Arab Writers in Translation Reading Group for August
On Wednesday 22 August, we will discuss Iraqi novelist Mahmoud Saeed’s short 2004 work, Saddam City.* We meet on the 4th Wednesday of the even-numbered months at the Center for Survivors of Torture and War…
Introduction to Poets: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
In late August, we will resume our monthly Introduction to Poets gathering. I will be happy to share on the life and work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whom I would occasionally see on the streets of…
Send Me (J’aurais toujours faim de votre écriture)
Bella Levenshteyn Send me your grocery list. Send me your nerdiness über alles summer reading list. Send me a 100-line poem with old-school rhyme scheme. Send me your uncensored 30th (but who’s counting?) birthday wish. Send…
An Evening with Elizabeth Driscoll
Join us for a potluck dinner and discussion with Elizabeth Driscoll, SLU alum, Karen House Catholic Worker, Intercambio animator and Master’s student in Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Elizabeth will share reflections…
Chicago Gratitudes/1346
Mary Shannon, Annie Kratzmeyer, Bridget Bee Garrity, Carolina Mussa-Ivaldi,& Melissa Banerjee …Namaste forever!
Gratitude of the Day
La dolce vita with Amy Nuismer at Gelateria.
July 19
“By Final Judgment of the world you should understand The destruction of injustice on earth And the reign of the Spirit of Light and Truth, that’s to say Love.” – Augusto Cesar Sandino (via Ernesto…
Oda a las gracias by Pablo Neruda
Gracias a la palabra que agradece, gracias a gracias por cuanto esta palabra derrite nieve o hierro.
Clarity
Someone asked Sister Dang Nghiem: “What is most important to you?” She answered: “My awareness.”