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Marcin Świetlicki, "Photograph"
poetry

Marcin Świetlicki, "Photograph"

It is not a loss to recognize how you remember and how you love.

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Ashok Karra May 25, 2025 • 5 min read
Robert Creeley, "Small Time"
poetry

Robert Creeley, "Small Time"

Robert Creeley's "Small Time" is a conversational poem.

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Ashok Karra May 22, 2025 • 4 min read
Emily Dickinson, "Spring is the Period" (844)
poetry

Emily Dickinson, "Spring is the Period" (844)

You will have your days on Earth and they will be numbered.

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Ashok Karra May 21, 2025 • 5 min read
Marcin Świetlicki, "April 1, Wągrowiec, Poland"
poetry

Marcin Świetlicki, "April 1, Wągrowiec, Poland"

Świetlicki grabs you, spins you around, and throws you into a dark, remote place.

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Ashok Karra May 19, 2025 • 5 min read
Explainer: You Need To Be Aware of the $45 Million Military Parade Trump Wants On His Birthday
american politics

Explainer: You Need To Be Aware of the $45 Million Military Parade Trump Wants On His Birthday

If you saw a leader of another country have a massive military parade on their birthday, what would you think about that country?

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Ashok Karra May 16, 2025 • 3 min read
Eavan Boland, "Mirror. Memory"

Eavan Boland, "Mirror. Memory"

If money enables us to see value, how can we possibly see the poor?

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Ashok Karra May 15, 2025 • 5 min read
Regarding Three Posts by Helen De Cruz
philosophy

Regarding Three Posts by Helen De Cruz

The philosopher Helen De Cruz announced on Bluesky that she is in hospice care.

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Ashok Karra May 13, 2025 • 5 min read
Katherine Withy, "Authenticity and Heidegger's Antigone"
annotation

Katherine Withy, "Authenticity and Heidegger's Antigone"

Heidegger calls only Sophocles' Antigone authentic.

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Ashok Karra May 12, 2025 • 5 min read
Preparing for Summer
education

Preparing for Summer

Not only are the feds eliminating programs communities have relied on, but jobs will more than likely be in short supply.

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Ashok Karra May 4, 2025 • 7 min read
Jennifer Chang, "Ceremony"
poetry

Jennifer Chang, "Ceremony"

Ceremonies ask you to commit.

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Ashok Karra Apr 30, 2025 • 6 min read
Remarks for an Induction Ceremony for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter
education

Remarks for an Induction Ceremony for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter

The Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha chapter of Odessa College welcomes all of its inductees.

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Ashok Karra Apr 28, 2025 • 1 min read
Franz Wright, "P.S."
poetry

Franz Wright, "P.S."

Wright establishes empathy with an animal's ordeal.

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Ashok Karra Apr 27, 2025 • 5 min read
Frederick Seidel, "Snow"
poetry

Frederick Seidel, "Snow"

The being of snow is its activity.

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Ashok Karra Apr 24, 2025 • 5 min read
Remarks for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter's Poetry Night, "Sprouts in Spring"
education

Remarks for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter's Poetry Night, "Sprouts in Spring"

I like to think we're here to find our voices by listening to others find theirs.

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Ashok Karra Apr 21, 2025 • 1 min read
Explainer: What is happening with Texas public schools and why should you care?

Explainer: What is happening with Texas public schools and why should you care?

Why should you care? You're being lied to about the future.

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Ashok Karra Apr 16, 2025 • 4 min read
Kobayashi Issa, "On a branch…"
poetry

Kobayashi Issa, "On a branch…"

An insect makes their own boat and then launches into their opera, like a Venetian gondolier.

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Ashok Karra Apr 11, 2025 • 4 min read
Kei Miller, "Book of Genesis"
poetry

Kei Miller, "Book of Genesis"

God creates, exercising their freedom, and frees.

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Ashok Karra Mar 30, 2025 • 4 min read
Onur Karamercan, "Heidegger's Antigone: The Ethos of Poetic Existence"
philosophy

Onur Karamercan, "Heidegger's Antigone: The Ethos of Poetic Existence"

...authenticity, especially in this age of relentless fandom, is something we yearn for but don't realize it.

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Ashok Karra Mar 28, 2025 • 6 min read
Natalie Diaz, "From the Desire Field"
poetry

Natalie Diaz, "From the Desire Field"

"From the Desire Field" is most certainly living in the fullest sense, a sense I want.

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Ashok Karra Mar 22, 2025 • 9 min read
We Grow Together, or Year in Review for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter AY 2024-25
education

We Grow Together, or Year in Review for Sigma Kappa Delta, Psi Alpha Chapter AY 2024-25

I should preface this year in review by saying we're not done yet.

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Ashok Karra Mar 20, 2025 • 5 min read
What does it mean to be Texan?
american politics

What does it mean to be Texan?

Our guide for this question will be Steve Lovelace's fantastic meditation in a blog post aptly titled "What Does It Mean to Be a Texan?"

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Ashok Karra Mar 17, 2025 • 8 min read
Carol Snow, "Tour"
poetry

Carol Snow, "Tour"

The recognition that everything is sacred means recognizing the beauty and necessity of the fallen blossoms.

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Ashok Karra Mar 15, 2025 • 3 min read
Emily Dickinson, "When I have seen the Sun emerge" (888)
poetry

Emily Dickinson, "When I have seen the Sun emerge" (888)

Dickinson's "When I have seen the Sun emerge" is an easy poem to indulge.

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Ashok Karra Mar 12, 2025 • 5 min read
Carolina Ebeid, "letter to the Corinthians"
poetry

Carolina Ebeid, "letter to the Corinthians"

She lets "magnificent" sit on a line all by itself, as if the word alone deserves as much space as it can get.

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Ashok Karra Mar 10, 2025 • 7 min read
Elitism, Pluralism, & Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's "Elite Capture"
american politics

Elitism, Pluralism, & Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's "Elite Capture"

Politics isn't a game, even though parts of it play like one.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Feb 27, 2025 • 7 min read
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