Ben Sears

In his later works Pound ties Aphrodite to topaz. I can't find a referent. The connection seems to be an invention for his own mythology

He had a talent for image and metaphor that, with a little discipline, could have made something memorable.

More than a few red eye recipes claim to be original or authentic. I don't believe there's an original recipe.

Where we usher in Henry Ford's greatest creation–the weekend–ahead of schedule by embracing the ethos: Piss Off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday.

If my reading is correct, the poet's goal is better served conveying images and concepts in transition to give a sense of the whole rather than trying to render a moment in precision.

Sir Philip Sidney didn't need building up. He fell in and out of favor, but that was the case with everyone Elizabeth noticed.

Americans get a lot of flak for calling the World Cup game “soccer.” Jabs come for a variety of reasons.

Piss Off Early, Tomorrow's the Semiquincentennial. How blessed are we as a nation that this falls on a weekend?

Are we're on the precipice of sporting autocracy because no red card awarded in the World Cup had ever been overturned before yesterday?

Edwin Arlington Robinson's best-known poem, “Richard Cory,” is about a wealthy man who outwardly has everything a man could want in life. And then he kills himself.