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A Christmas Lament
by Brian J. Walsh I know, I know, Christmas is all about good feelings, family, magnaminity towards the less fortunate, etc., etc., etc. But how do you celebrate Christmas in an empire that has made a...
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Lament with a Purpose
by Andrew Stephens-Rennie And laments have a purpose, and laments have a cost A requiem playing that gathers the lost It sometimes tastes sour, this sweetness of hope When the blizzards are raging on...
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What Michael Ignatieff Should Have Said
by Brian Walsh Political discourse is almost never humble and gracious. It is seldom honest. And very, very rarely does it take the tone of lament. Indeed, it sometimes seems that politicians have a...
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“Keening for the Dawn”… again
(further Advent reflections on Steve Bell’s title cut from his new album, Keening for the Dawn: Christmastide) by Brian Walsh I’m still struck by the keening. Keening for the dawn. What could that...
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