the poetic life
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There is the Human, and there is the Self
There is the human spirit – resiliance – perseverance – love – inclusion – survival a common intrinsic energy, from all directions, and in all directions. And there is the self – with an edge – imagining outside the box – with inner joy – with inner want – with inner universes – each potentially…
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Happy Birthday, James Baldwin! (1924)
Celebrate his life with us on Clubhouse, today, August 2, at 6pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/MlZyWrn0/MwrdABVe
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“the usual rilke” by Ernst Jandl
Translation from the German by Joshua Weiner rilke’s separationthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkeare stuck in their samenessthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkewould have stayed togetherthe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkewould have to separatethe unusual rilkeand the usual rilkeboth knew it rilke’s breath 1rilkebreathedthe airthe good air 2rilkebreathedwithout pause rilke’s noseentrance and exitof the airit…
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Calling All Lovers of Poetry in the German Language
Join us on August 1 at 1pm EST, to celebrate the poetic magician and deconstructionist of the German language, Ernst Jandl — born on August 1 1925. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/001SObMj/xljpAnwj
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Wagner & Cigar
~Notes from this book on Richard Wagner — Wagnerism / Art and Politics in the shadow of music, by Alex Ross ~Listening to Jessye Norman, Plácido Domingo, and Kurt Moll in “Parsifal”, by Wagner ~The Royal Salomones from Davidoff
