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Poetic term of the day — April 27, 2008
MEIOSIS (my-OH-sis): the presentation of a thing with underemphasis in order to achieve a greater effect, such as, "the building of the pyramids took a little bit of effort." At left: The Shangri-Las http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
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One week of inspiration #2 (by Mitch Sisskind)
I was always fascinated, frightened, and powerfully attracted by Russian planes. They were the shiksa aircraft — and they’re still as hot as ever. This is quite a recent plane, the SU-37. There’s something…
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Market Timing
http://www.vanguard.com/bogle_site/sp20030605.html A reader asks, "What is market timing and why is it bad?" and "What are mutual fund managers buying thse days?" Conventional wisdom has it that "market timing" — cashing out your portfolio…
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Emily Starts, You Finish: The Finish Line
On April 25, we posted Emily Dickinson’s # 1066, a two-line poem that can be construed as the opening of a longer poem. We invited readers to complete the poem. Mitch Sisskind and Rachel’s…
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Lehman is Shutting Loan Unit
“Lehman Is Shutting Loan Unit” I was leafing through the Times, headingfor the sports page because I’ve becomea bit of a Yankee fan though I live inCincinnati, and even in Cincinnati I’maware of the…
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One week of inspiration (by Mitch Sisskind)
There are some videos I watch every day. I will post one of these each day for the next week in the hope our readers will find them as poetically inspired and inspiring as…
