The Oriental Swan

She wakes up at dawn, And dances her way through the day. Starting with the rising sun, Brightens up the world with everything she has to say. With smiling eyes and a floating heart, She dances her way through the day, Bringing a new dawn to everyone, She passes by in her stay.

The Story – Part 1

The boy's name was Arkan. He was careful not to slip, as he jumped onto the slender horseback, barely adorned with a worn saddle. He did not complain. He was glad he had a saddle beneath. He knew the pain when the horse's bones would grind against his own as they galloped as one. Mishka...

Beauty and Thought

Leaving aside the cliched saying: "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", which is invariably true but does not concern us at the moment, what does concern us is the fact that the definition of beauty has varied profoundly over the centuries. In the seventeenth and major part of the eighteenth centuries, if one...