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An Epigram

E.J. Hutchinson

There wasn’t time for much,
Not even a goodbye.
Quite often that’s the way
When friends and family die.

In Memoriam: St. John the Baptist

by E.J. Hutchinson | Aug 29, 2025

Today (8/29) is the Feast of the Martyrdom of...

by E.J. Hutchinson | Aug 21, 2025

The Greek word zeugma means "yoking," and is the...

by E.J. Hutchinson | Aug 19, 2025

Hypermetry--too many syllables in a line of...

by E.J. Hutchinson | Aug 14, 2025

T.S. Eliot was no admirer of Shakespeare's Titus...

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An excerpt from Paulinus of Nola's miniature epic on St. John the Baptist, on the occasion of the commemoration of St. John's martyrdom.

August 29, 2025

The figure of zeugma in Vergil's AENEID and Bob Dylan's "Isis."

August 21, 2025

On the prosody of Horace and Bob Dylan.

August 19, 2025

On T.S. Eliot's creative use of a play he hated in his most famous poem.

August 14, 2025

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