Quote for Today: Mark Helprin
Quite possibly there’s nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That’s when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots....
View Article40 days of poetry: Day 34: Tidings by Czeslaw Milosz
Day 34: Today’s poem is Tidings by Czeslaw Milosz. It’s a beautiful poem about the beauty and tragedy of civilization. How can we even begin to define or describe it?
View ArticleQuote for Today: Neil Gaiman
There are stories that are true, in which each individual’s tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have heard it before, and we cannot allow ourselves to feel it too...
View ArticleQuote for Today: Aristotle
Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in...
View ArticleQuote for Today: Anna Akhmatova
You invented me. There is no such earthly being, Such an earthly being there could never be. A doctor cannot cure, a poet cannot comfort A shadowy apparition haunts you night and day. We met in an...
View ArticleSynkroniciti’s “Broken” Short Story Winner, “The Month of Drowning” by Lissa...
Synkroniciti is thrilled to announce the winner of our “Broken” short story contest, “The Month of Drowning” by Lissa Staples. This was a wonderful field of short stories and it was a pleasure to...
View ArticleDavid Holper’s “The Earthquake” Wins Synkroniciti’s “Broken” Poetry Contest
Synkroniciti is excited to announce the winner of our “Broken” poetry contest, “The Earthquake” by David Holper. We had a strong response to our “Broken” theme (another record number of submissions)...
View Article“Broken” Featured Artist David Holper
Synkroniciti is pleased to welcome back California poet David Holper with “The Earthquake,” which won our poetry contest on the “Broken” theme. Reaching from personal tragedy, an earthquake at...
View Article“Broken” Featured Artist Deanna Lernihan
Please join Synkroniciti in welcoming poet Deanna Lernihan, a powerful new voice based in Michigan. “I Called Her Sister” draws on Deanna’s experiences in suicide prevention and mental health. Those...
View Article“Broken” Featured Artist Lissa Staples
Synkroniciti is thrilled to welcome “Broken” short story contest winner Lissa Staples, currently based in Colorado. “The Month of Drowning” tells the story of an almost fourteen-year-old girl watching...
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