Bushido – Code of the Samurai/ Codul samurailor – Inazo Nitobe

(Review) de Manuela Timofte INAZO NITOBE was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician and writer, professor at the University of Tokyo and, later, Japan's delegate to the League of Nations. *** INAZO NITOBE a fost agronom, diplomat, politolog, politician și scriitor japonez, profesor la Universitatea din Tokyo și, mai târziu, delegat al Japoniei la Liga …

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Fade

by Mike L. Utley Dusk has fallen asStars scream heavenward and dovesMurmur mournfullyEvening-song has come and ICannot hear day’s parting cryNight blooms above asInsects whisper mysteriesAnd wolves share solemnOaths on phantom breeze and ICannot hear dark’s somber sighDawn symphony birthsStrident morning melodyAs birds wake the sunAnd earth speaks to me and ICannot hear the singing skyI have …

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Sometimes

by DidiArtist Sometimes our laughter overplaysOur insecurity and sadnessSometimes our self-love coversOur lack of love and acknowledgementSometimes we put on a maskIn order not to be recognizedSometimes we play the humor cardTo hide the seriousness of our lifeSometimes we prefer silence and lonelinessTo be entertained by itSometimes we set sailTo drift away from problemsSometimes we run …

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Moody Blues

by Lauren Scott I wish I could say I’m embracedby the magicof the melancholic rock art bandwith my love next to me,my right hand tucked into his left,transported to a dreamlikestate of mind…but I cannot lie,transparency in the eyes.Every worry at this very momentwriggles through mind,muscles, and nervespulling me into moody blues.Even the sky mirrors my …

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