This poem has just been published by Poetry, Life and Times (Spain/UK), Aug. 30th. 2015. It explores the life of the late antique female philosopher Hypatia.
Image: Public domain of painting by Maerten van Heemskerck, Pharos of Alexandria (i.e. the lighthouse of Alexandria), 16th Century.
Dr Ian Irvine (Hobson) is the author of two novels, a book of poetry and an acclaimed nonfiction book on chronic forms of alienation and ennui. His works have featured in various Australian national writing anthologies as well as in over 100 journals and magazines. He has co-edited over 20 writing anthologies and has taught as a creative arts educator and sometimes course coordinator since 1994. He is the founder and chief songwriter of the alt. rock band Interstitium, and was also the lead singer and co-songwriter of Australian alt rock band "Goya's Child (Original)" before his departure in 1994.
If we could only have the knowledge that has been desecrated by the rabble mob over the past few eons, we might more easily discover the truth. Thanks to ruins we are discovering some of it today.
The authors of Savannah: Brokers, Bankers and Bay Lane: Inside the Slave Trade (Civil War Savannah), received the 2012 Award for Excellence in Research from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The Award was issued by then Georgia Secretary
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"... they do not succeed -
for the heavens are precise
and stomach no faulty permutations ..."