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This may not be the most brilliant work of poetry or best of prost, but it was a purge, just something which I was compelled to release. One of my stream of conscious writings.

Wake Up!

It is easier to hide cowering within the darkness
and accept placidly, a state of impotence
within one's life, to smile bitterly and wallow
like a pig within the mud, in self-deluded ideas
of human weakness, to believe yourself a slave
to your ...

French Mélodies Part 2: Gérard Souzay

My preference has long been for female singers... at least when dealing with the repertoire of the French Mélodies. The music and the poems both have such a degree of sensuality that they seem to call out for the female voice. Obviously with Philippe Jaroussky I have made an exception... then again, his artful and artificial countertenor is almost a perversely decadent exception.

Recently, however, I discovered Gérard Souzay. ...

French Mélodies Part 1

In our repeated debates as to which nation or culture has produced the greatest body of literature (or any sub-genre such as poetry or novels) our attempts to come to any sort of consensus have ultimately been thwarted by our limitations of language and the realization that we must almost certainly rely upon translations... some of which are unreliable... some of which are lacking in aesthetic merits... and some of which are non-existent. Music... however... ...

Extended Metaphor - I am a Rock.

I brought there, the standing,
Supporting them in turn
Something now they come to,
A back bone when they fall.
Though I am still a home ground,
They live on me,
I am a rock.

I seem only of use and burden
An unappreciated lifeline.
No more can they visit such,
No more, until they need.
Yet I’ve still seen before,
I know a life they craft
I’m the living ...

VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA EFFECT ON TEENS

The media, and the violence within it, is of great influence to children and teenagers. A key reason for today’s youths behaving violently is what they see on television and video games and what they hear in modern music. Parents and the media are battling to make an impression because the world of technology is winning. Teenagers are using it to learn and communicate, so they are also being filled with the violence inside it. Nobody wants ...