Poetry: Reciprocity by Wistawa Szymborska
I found this poem in the current edition of the New Yorker (February 3, 2014 edition) and I liked it a lot on my first read. After a…
Opinion: Competing With One’s Self
A while back I read on HONY a man's statement that the best way to be happy is not to be competitive with others because it meant there is only…
Poetry: I Keep to Myself Such Measures by Robert Creeley
I keep to myself such measures as I care for, daily the rocks accumulate position
Opinion: On Competing with One’s Self
I've been trying very hard to put together my opinion on why I feel that it's better to compete with one's self than another. Only the words keep…
Poetry: Legacy by Amiri Baraka
In the south, sleeping against the drugstore, growling under the trucks and stoves, stumbling