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A collection of classic rhyming poetry built around the concept of personification; giving life & form, voice & breath to virtues & philosophical concepts. Individual pieces include: flourishing Superstition, Idolatry & Hypocrisy; Outlaw Time & beautiful Nature; the collision of Time Justice's eager ears; Lust & Greed exposed, as so naïve; Ignorance tobogganing; Alcohol is no lady - & certainly not your friend; the discourse between Knowledge & Wisdom; the relationship between Death & Beauty & more.
Includes 27 pieces, accompanied by allegorical art work from Arnold Böcklin, Donatello, Titian, Albrecht Duerer, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Kano Motonobu, Frederick Stuart Church, Maritius Lowe, Theodoor van Thulden, Balthasar Permoser & the Supreme Court of Canada. Includes quotes from:Martin LutherHenry Wadsworth LongfellowJohn UpdikeMos DefNathaniel HawthorneTennessee WilliamsWilliam Carlos WilliamsD.
H. LawrenceLee Xiaolongthe Book of IsaiahJim Standsthe Book of IsaiahJohn WebsterJeremy TaylorPlinyLaurell K. HamiltonJack KerouacMarquis de SadeNicholas RoweMiguel de CervantesRumiJohn UpdikeClaudianGeorges BernanosTryon EdwardsBilly Grahame.e. cummingsMark TwainMichel de MontaigneJimi HendricksHans-Ulrich ObristThucydidesHenry FordKurt VonnegutLouis PasteurDeWitt ClintonCalvin CoolidgeAugustus HareDerek BokMargaret FullerJay-ZFriedrich NietzscheLeonardo da VinciMarcus GarveyPlatoRalph W.
SockmanStephen HawkingKofi AnnanAvery BrooksJames MadisonJohn MiltonJim MorrisonLucius Annaeus SenecaHoraceHomerWallace StevensWalt WhitmanJ. R. R. TolkienEdgar Allen PoeHenry David ThoreauVirginia WoolfLaughing BullPlatoZhuang ZiThomas Moore