The Sword in the Stone – A Triolet
The Triolet is a lesser-known French medieval poetic form that is a close cousin to the more popular and prolific rondeau. The name Triolet comes from the three repetitions of […]
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Author: Karise Gililland
Karise Gililland has a BA in English from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Imaginative and Cultural Apologetics from Houston Baptist University. She consumes copious amounts of time (and coffee!) shuttling her teenagers to and fro, rescuing her cats from impending peril, and writing for An Unexpected Journal. She currently teaches the most amazing third graders at a classical Christian school in Fort Worth.
Gizem Dagl
‘Gizem Dağl’, or ‘Mountain of Mystery’ in Turkish, is a poem written in the Masnavi form. Writer’s Digest explains that the Masnavi (or Mathnawi) is an ancient form with Persian, […]
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Sede Vacante
In ‘Sede Vacante’, the author combines stories from the Greek myths with a corresponding mythical Fate to illustrate the Fall of man and his inability to solve his fallen state […]
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The Quest of the Golden Queen
Part I: Incendium Aegis-wreck, that King worn like a shield, And now she stands, bare-breasted, staring as barbs fly- Arrows from the star-crossed side of field Drawn from a quiver, […]
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Wearing One’s Habits: Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Making of a Virtuous Man
“It makes no small difference, then, whether we form habits of one kind or another from our very youth; it makes a very great difference, or rather all the difference.” […]
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One Theme to Rule Them All: A Collection of Catholic Elements in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has enjoyed worldwide popularity, appealing to a wide audience on many levels. What is it about the book that draws so many people […]
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This Captain, Buffeted
Chapter One of Griff Harrows: Told You No Lie ‘A fugitive, this captain, buffeted’ Virgil, The Aeneid The old man didn’t know. Griff rolled away from the screen […]
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Sneaking Past Watchful Dragons: Imaginative Apologetics and the Games We Play
“He who changes the sports is secretly changing the manners of the young.” -Plato, The Laws, Book VII In The Laws, Plato says, “he who changes the sports is […]
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Dragons in Our ‘Darkest Hours’: Slaying All Day the Lewis Way
“It is the magician’s bargain: give up our soul, get power in return But once our souls have been given up We shall in fact be the slaves and puppets […]
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