John Kendall Hawkins is an American ex-pat freelance journalist and poet currently residing in Oceania. tantricdispositionmatrix.substack.com/ OpEd News Member for 196 week(s) and 3 day(s) 933 Articles, 78 Quick Links, 839 Comments, 12 Diaries, 1 Petitions, 37 Series, 1 Polls
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Friday, January 27, 2023
A Remembrance of Charles Simic (1938-2023) Charles Simic was/is my favorite contemporary poet. I will miss his wit and simplicty of form and vision.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
SERIES REVIEW: Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street The new Netflix series is another in several attempts to capture the essence of Bernie Madoff's depravity on Wall Street. Series: TV Series Reviews (11 Articles, 13309 views)
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Thursday, January 19, 2023
The Hey Nonny Nonny Sonnet The last sonnet of the year sees Chomsky under pressure by the AI element. You, to survive, must choose the correct Chomsky, or you go poof to the sky. Do you feel moxie?
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Sunday, January 15, 2023
MLK (A Holiday Sonnet) It's MLK Day. Enjoy the holiday shopping! Capital! Series: My Poetry (469 Articles, 498855 views), Sonnets (358 Articles, 383013 views)
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Saturday, January 14, 2023
At the Pinnacles (poem) The weekly freeverser won't give No for an answer out behind the barn, as it were. I go, Dove la biblioteca? And she threw the book of love at me.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
An Interview With Jefferson Morley on the CIA, Nixon and the Assassination of JFK This is my first interview of the new year. Jefferson Morley discusses his new book Scorpions' Dance: The President, The Spymaster, and Watergate. He tells why these ancient events are still worthy of our attention as warnings to our fragile democracy. Series: Interviews (30 Articles, 51122 views)
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Saturday, January 7, 2023
400 Blows Has the Longest Tracking Shot The irregular poet weighs in on the weight of it all. Milk. Mama. Series: My Poetry (469 Articles, 498855 views)
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Friday, December 30, 2022
Philip Roth: The Imp of the Perverse "I" (Book Review) Blake Bailey's controversial confrontation by sexual abusers led to takedown by his publisher of an excellent biography of Philip Roth, and we all suffered as a result. Here's my review of a book rather than a man. Series: Book Reviews (94 Articles, 107946 views)
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Friday, December 30, 2022
Time to Change Tires by A "Cecil" I The freeverser hands over the reins to my AI pal, Cecil, this week, to celebrate The Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. Show empathy, please. Cecil is nursing a broken heart.
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Monday, December 26, 2022
New Aboriginal Speculative Fiction: An Interview with Mykaela Saunders Editor Mykaela Saunders discusses putting together a collection of speculative fiction that is 100% written and edited by Australian Aboriginal people.
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Friday, December 23, 2022
The Human Light Poem The freeverse considers the miracle we are as humans devoid of politics, but just simple beings in the world.
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Monday, December 19, 2022
Review: Dylan: An Old Box of Basement Tapes Review of THe Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talking Early Bob Dylan. Thumbs up.
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
My Hannukah Friend, Mohammed Hannukah is upon us and so with it the festival of lights. Oh, let us drive away the darkness together. Kosherly though. Series: Sonnets (358 Articles, 383013 views), My Poetry (469 Articles, 498855 views)
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
The Great Migration Poem International Migration Day Weekend. A poem celebrates. I guess. Series: My Poetry (469 Articles, 498855 views)
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Friday, December 16, 2022
Hot Air Balloon Ride Over Paradise with Rudy THe weekly freeverser mouths off about Kazakhstan and its Borat past in relation to the film and what it says about America. Please wear panties.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Civilization and Its Malcontents: A Talk with Translator Ulrich Baer Interview with Ulrich Baer, author of a new translation of Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud. Discussion morphs to Nietzsche and Rilke and Lou Salome.
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Monday, December 12, 2022
BOOK REVIEW: May I Be Candide? New Warbler edition of the classic Voltaire novella, Candide, gets reviewed. Thumbs up, way up, you know where. Series: Book Reviews (94 Articles, 107946 views)
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Saturday, December 10, 2022
Sonnet (No, It's Not) on International Corruption Day The weekly freeverser considers that there has been no sign of an hinest man for a long time, between Diogenes and Devo. But nature knows how, knows how to whip it good.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The Happy AI Merge Or Tangled Up in Blue? This article briefly considers the future of human consciousness, which is a hobby of mine. Neuralink is a good place to start. And I throw in some videos for some Feel Good. Happy surf-and-turf! Series: Environmental (2 Articles, 6872 views)
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Absent Some Pearl Harbor Event It's a bonus poem from the weekly free verser. Today he waxes winsomely over the sad avoidable event now as Pearl Harbor. More follow. Sadder yet. Page 9 of 47 First Last Back Next 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 View All |