Be A Wolf in the University [Conclusion]
In which the hero and the villain finally meet to engage in their epic debate.
Be A Wolf in the University [491 - 691]
In which the hero is welcomed to Questas with a great feast.
Be A Wolf in the University [399 -490]
In the seventh installment of my epic poem, a re-imagining of Beowulf, the hero from Greece-land and the Dean of Questas finally meet.
Be A Wolf in the University [320 - 398]
In the sixth installment of my epic poem, a re-imagining of Beowulf, the hero arrives at the campus, where he is greeted by the Dean’s secretary, “a saucy wench” named Sharon.
Be A Wolf in the University [258 - 319]
[This is a continuation of my "epic" poem, Be A Wolf In The University. In the first installment, Prologue: The Rise of the Intellectuals, we read about the creation of Questas, a great college where the students of the inimitable scholar named Simpson could pursue their intellectual adventures with like minds.
[In the second and third [...]
Be A Wolf in the University [189 - 257]
[This is a continuation of my "epic" poem, Be A Wolf In The University. In the first installment, Prologue: The Rise of the Intellectuals, we read about the creation of Questas, a great college where the students of the inimitable scholar named Simpson could pursue their intellectual adventures with like minds.
[In the second and third [...]
Be A Wolf in the University [144 - 188]
[This is a continuation of my "epic" poem, Be A Wolf In The University. In the first installment, Prologue: The Rise of the Intellectuals, we read about the creation of Questas, a great college where the students of the inimitable scholar named Simpson could pursue their intellectual adventures with like minds.
[In the second installment, Questas [...]
Be A Wolf In The University [86 - 143]
[This is a continuation of my "epic" poem, Be A Wolf In The University. In the first installment, Prologue: The Rise of the Intellectuals, we read about the creation of Questas, a great college where the students of the inimitable scholar, Simpson, could pursue their intellectual adventures with like minds. But "in time, it would [...]
Be A Wolf In The University [1-85]
[I wrote this "epic" poem seven years ago, but I just rediscovered it. Figured I'd post it to the blog. It's over 700 lines long, so I'll be posting it in small bursts over the next few days/weeks. One last note: It's a line by line recreation of Seamus Heany's Beowulf: A New Translation]
Prologue: The [...]
Justice. Vermont Style.
From the Rutland Herald’s From bad to verse: “After more than two dozen young people trashed a former residence of poet Robert Frost during a drinking party, the dilemma was how to punish them. A jail term might be too harsh, community service too easy. So a prosecutor decided on some poetic justice instead — [...]
