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Menton

In memoriam, Thomas
In memoriam, Thomas
 
Alexandria
Alexandria
 
Golden Age
Golden Age
 
Twinkling in the sky
Twinkling in the sky
 
Characters
Characters
 
Folly
Folly

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    January 11, 2026
    Matteo Preabianca is a multilingual writer, educator, and linguist. His work explores the intersections of language, culture, and mobility, informed by a life lived across continents. An author . . .
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    January 5, 2026
    Allan Lake is a migrant poet from Allover, Canada who now lives in Allover, Australia. Coincidence. He has published poems in 20 countries. His latest chapbook of poems, entitled ‘My Photos of . . .
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    December 31, 2025
    R.N. Roveleh is a Romanian author in her late thirties, doctor in medieval literature, drawn to history, myths, and journeys both outward and inward. Her travels return her, again and again, to . . .
  • Alex Leigh Farber
    December 21, 2025
    Alex Leigh Farber is a poet and teacher from Pennsylvania whose work blends contemporary experience with the lingering presence of the ancient world. His writing explores how memory, desire, and . . .
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    December 15, 2025
    Helen Sellers lives in Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire, where she enjoys the open space and natural beauty of the landscape. She studied French and lived in France for a year as a student. She still . . .
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SLEEPLESS NIGHT

All night long I sob; and when grey dawn rises and grants me a little grace of rest, the swallows cry around and about me, and bring me back to tears, thrusting sweet slumber away: and my unclosing eyes keep vigil, and the thought of Rhodanthe returns again in my bosom. O envious chatterers, be still; it was not I who shore away Philomela's tongue; but weep for Itylus on the mountains, and sit wailing by the hoopoe's court, that we may sleep a little; and perchance a dream will come and clasp me round with Rhodanthe's arms.

AGATHIAS

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