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Reading: Lost Worlds by Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos Seferis (1900 - 1971) was one of the most famous Greek poets of the twentieth century, born near Smyrna (Izmir). He died sadly before the end of the military dictatorship in his country. His work was greatly inspired by Yeats, Kavafis, T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. He won the 1963 Nobel Prize. I read 'Lost ...

“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: All of them make me laugh.” — W.H. Auden

Voor F. Starik

In memoriam de op 16 maart 2018 overleden Utrechtse dichter F. Starik. Groen als gras stond je op het podium in Utrecht en ik, anoniem en jaloers in het publiek genoot, overtuigd opnieuw dat er iets te zeggen viel Zoals bij alle groten leek het eenvoudig maar was het dat niet, tenminste niet eenvoudiger dan leven ...

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. - Audre Lorde

Will you cup your hand…

Will you cup your hand around my warm balls? I suffered from mild nihilism, and the common flu So I waltz to the edge of music, where the falls endure. I have so many more unsayables for you.

Reading: Archibald by John Betjeman

Legendary poet laureate of the UK John Betjeman (1906-1984) was a nostalgic poet. According to Jocelyn Brooke, he is "a writer who uses the medium of light verse for a serious purpose: not merely as a vehicle for satire or social commentary, but as a means of expressing a peculiar and specialized form of aesthetic ...

Reading: Project for a fainting by Brenda Shaughnessy

Brenda Shaughnessy (b.) is an American poet. She wrote Interior with Sudden Joy (1999), Human Dark with Sugar (2008). She is currently an associate professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. I have discovered some of her poems and I'm really impressed. Here I read 'Project for a Fainting' but make sure you also read 'Dear ...

Joan Cornellà

Gisteren bracht ik met mijn vrouw en dochter een bezoek aan een kleine kunstgalerij hier in Seoul, want er was een tentoonstelling van de Spaanse kunstenaar Joan Cornellà die ik bewonder om zijn sardonische genie. Het was een zonnige dag en de galerij was bomvol ijverig fotograferende Koreaanse bezoekers en een enkele buitenlander die in ...

Going to Church

An old man is smelting the icon of exalted freedom. I watch him. He is well-natured, a force old enough to command. He swaddles the icon in a soft cloth and lines it up with the others. The light falls down from heavy window sills, I again write poems that die in mirrors or teacups.