Jon CorelisNotice: popular fiction authorsPlease note that until further notice, the following tropes are prohibited in works of popular fiction:Jul 27Jul 27
Jon CorelisPropertius: Love and deathAnd therefore, whensoever death shall close my eyes, I charge you thus to solemnize my doom: let there be then no long ancestral parade…Jun 27Jun 27
Jon CorelisGrave of A. E. Housman, Ludlow, EnglandI took this photo some years ago. The grave was behind a metal fence which was entwined with the same sort of flowers — I think they are…Jun 18Jun 18
Jon CorelisBrian BoruIn 1014 an Irish army under High King Brian Boru defeated an invading Viking host at Clontarf near Dublin, ending Viking aspirations to…May 28May 28
Jon CorelisWilliam Holman Hunt 1For sheer unabashed outrageous camp value, there is no one like William Holman Hunt. The image needs quite extensive examination to discern…May 28May 28
Jon CorelisAnne BradstreetAnne Bradstreet. Illustration from An Account of Anne Bradstreet The Puritan Poetess, and Kindred Topics, edited by Colonel Luther Caldwell…May 28May 28
Jon CorelisWhen the sunWhen the sun clicks into place and miraculous sparrows peck at icicles and the children let the dew erase their slatesMay 22May 22
Jon CorelisIrish TownI will go down to Irish Town, where the old grey tower still holds a barren watch for the shrouded ships in the sea wind’s show’ry…May 16May 16