Europe writes itself. Again. And we are thrilled to have you here to read it.
Buffalo Bill’s
Legend has it that E.E. composed a poem every single day, without exception, between the ages of 8 and 22. A quick calculation reveals that during this phase of his life, a time when every moment is taken deeply to heart, he produced over 5,100 poems…
What’s the Mandarin For Orange?
While poetry isn't quite my trade, I do thoroughly enjoy a touch…
Sátiras, Amor y Gatos Negros
¿Tienes planes para el próximo viernes? Yo tengo muy claro dónde me…
Queen Catalina’s Six Aragonese Aunts
Leading the charge was Aunt Doña Inés, a woman whose glare could sour fresh milk at fifty paces. Behind her came Doña Beatriz, Doña Teresa, Doña María, Doña Lucía and Aunt Doña Juana, who carried a silver flask of holy water like a loaded pistol…
Happily Ever Before
There once was a lad from Limerick,Who rode to his wedding on a stick.He arrived with a grin,His bride let him in—And said, ‘For a week, that was terribly quick!’…
The Gilded Ballroom
A mock-grand political cabaret song…
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Dream big, but live in the real world. Fantasy worlds are beautiful, but reality offers true opportunities to grow. After all, that is where we actually get to live them out…
The Oval Limerick
The courts have already stepped in, and the three media outlets illegally barred from the White House are back on the grounds. Score one for the First Amendment…
Two Rococo Couplets
Queen Marie Antoinette, who regularly sat for Vigée Le Brun, popularised the kind of simple, white muslin dress so beautifully painted in this portrait of the Comtesse de la Châtre, daughter of a high-ranking member of Louis XV’s immediate court.…
The Second-Term Gospel
There once was a nutcase named Don,Whose ego went on and right on.He renamed every state,The lake and the strait,And called Sunday ‘Don-day’ at dawn.…
The Coleridgean Moral of the Ancient Mariner
Today, two hundred and thirty-five years after the ratification of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and two hundred and twenty-seven years since the publication of Mrs Anna Lætitia Barbauld’s poem ‘To Mr S.T. Coleridge’, when she reproached him that the Ancient Mariner had no moral, I am going…
Gardenian Rhapsody
There once was a gnome from Limerick...…
African Nightmare
There was a redhead sailor from Hull...…
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