so-so"In Andalusia people say of certain toreos and flamenco artists that they have duende - an inexplicable power of attraction, the ability, on rare occaision, to send waves of emotion through those watching and listening to them."
My 13th #spanishbook
#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Yuletide
A fitting poem as we close out 2024 and look toward 2025.
New Fable club: The Beat Generation! First read is Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac.
First two follow-ups will be “Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation And America” by Dennis McNally, “Understanding Jack Kerouac” by Matt Theado.
Link if you‘re curious! https://fable.co/club/the-beat-generation-with-aurelie-lagrange-449625541661?inv...
I wanted to share a few more favorites. I tried to pick a diverse selection. These are from prostitutes, soldiers, political activists. (I think all the ones in this picture were written around WWII). A lot of the haiku in this collection hadn‘t been translated into English previously.
pickThis April I started writing haiku. Partially as a mindfulness exercise and partially as a way to write SOMETHING. As I wrote more, I became aware of how most of what I know about haiku was taught in grade school, or I had picked up through hearsay.
I began to wish for a resource that could help me write haiku respectfully. Then one day at the library like a shining beacon I came across this. It is literally everything I had wished for.
I am totally in love with this book. About halfway through it and I just wanted to share a few of my favorites so far…
Especially the last one by Hasegawa Sosei, who after being a war correspondent and being present at the “Rape of Nanjing” wrote when he got news he was being sent back home to Japan.
Sometimes I can't get a thought out of my head. Friday it was, “wait are we a greek Chorus on Taylor Swift's new album?“ And here we are. https://youtu.be/_wWM3xuShR4
pickHirsch‘s love of poetry is infectious. I am in awe of his ability to look at poetry analytically. To discern metaphor through the poem‘s form, to see allegory in the word choice, to look at a poem as a work of art yet not be desensitized to its power. What else is great about this book? How many new poets I have discovered and how many wonderful poems Hirsch includes here.
Time to hit up the library and check out like half their poetry section!
