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Poetic Genesis
The poetry of Dylan Thomas is deep, passionate, sensual, musical, forceful and simply magical to me. I remember I was awe-struck when I first read “The Force That Through the Green Fuse” at an English literature class. This year we … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, Dylan Thomas, In the Beginning, poetry, symbolism, symbols
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Where No Wolf Tracks Could Be Found
BALANCE By Adam Zagajewski, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh I watched the arctic landscape from above and thought of nothing, lovely nothing. I observed white canopies of clouds, vast expanses where no wolf tracks could be found. I … Continue reading
Unus Mundus
John Stephens, “Navajo Creation Myth” “Hunter of Shadows, thou thyself a Shade, Be comforted in this,—that substance holds No higher attributes; one sovereign law Alike develops both, and each shall hunt Its proper object, each in turn commanding The … Continue reading
The Thirst Inside the Syllables
Today is the anniversary of Pablo Neruda’s birthday. He is most famous for his love poems but for me he was first and foremost an outstanding symbolist. It is astonishing how many great poets and writers were born under the … Continue reading
Why We Write
A Ballad That We Do Not Perish, by Zbigniew Herbert Those who sailed at dawn but will never return left their trace on a wave– a shell fell to the bottom of the sea beautiful as lips turned to stone … Continue reading
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Tagged A Ballad That We Do Not Perish, poetry, words, writing, Zbigniew Herbert
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