Book 23-24

Book 24 Summary: Hermes guides suitors to fields of asphodel Achilles and Agamemnon simp for each other Meets Laertes, tortures father Ithacan’s plot against him (suitors Fathers) Gods interfere Notes: Finally, Penelope gets some recognition by Agamemnon, even though it was completely fueled by the fact her actions were opposite to his own wife. Odysseus’s […]

On first looking into CAT 3

This is my renewed rewritten and reviewed rendition of CAT 3, ‘On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer BY JOHN KEATS Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fealty to Apollo hold.Oft of one wide […]

Shimmerwise

on new year’s eve BY EVIE SHOCKLEY     we make midnight a maquette of the year:frostlight glinting off snow to solemnize       the vows we offer to ourselves in nearsilence: the competition shimmerwise        of champagne and chandeliers to attractlaughter and cheers: the glow from the fireplace       reflecting the burning intra-red pactbetween beloveds: we cosset the space […]

Silat workshop (theatre)

Background:   Silat is a type of martial art, practised in the Malay peninsula. There are many types of Silat, different schools teach different types, tiger, eagle, etc. There is actual combat, and also a performance aspect. Weapons used include the parang (a farming tool with a sharp edge) and Keris (dagger with jagged edges […]