February 2012
14 posts
We Should Talk About This Problem
eating-poetry:
There is a Beautiful Creature Living in a hole you have dug.
So at night I set fruit and grains And little pots of wine and milk Beside your soft earthen mounds,
And I often sing.
But still, my dear, You do not come out.
I have fallen in love with Someone Who hides inside you.
We should talk about this problem—
Otherwise, I will never leave you alone.
By Hāfez ...
LOVE WON'T SAVE US: “Credo” by by Andrew Zawacki... →
ahuntersheart:
“Credo” by by Andrew Zawacki
You say wind is only wind & carries nothing nervous in its teeth. I do not believe it.
I have seen leaves desist from moving
although the branches move, & I
believe a cyclone has secrets the weather is ignorant of. I believe in the violence of not knowing.
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“you dream in the language of dodging bullets and artillery fire.
new, sexy...”
– (via grammatolatry; rosiee)
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“It’s not slang that bothers me, as it does so many oldsters, nor is it even all...”
– Sarah Nicole Prickett, on language, style, and the fashionification of expression. (via millionsmillions)
“I dreamt you naked in the creek
Your skin all stars and crying gulls –
Your...”
–
Bethany van Rijswijk, from ‘Water Hyacinths’.
(via caveofhypnos)
“Look here Vita — throw over your man, and we’ll go to Hampton Court and dine on...”
– Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West (via brainpickings)
oh god. I am head over heels for my man, but if I received this letter I would probably throw him over. <3
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Lust For Lascaux: The Icelandic Language →
poetbabble:
In this language, no industrial revolution; no pasteurized milk; no oxygen, no telephone; only sheep, fish, horses, water falling. The middle class can hardly speak it.
In this language, no flush toilet; you stumble through dark and rain with a handful of rags. The door groans; the old…
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A Different Stripe: "High Dike" by Li Ho →
nyrbclassics:
Continuing with a celebration of Chinese New Year, we’re sharing poems from Poems of the Late T’ang, translated and edited by A.C. Graham. This one is called “High Dyke” by Li Ho (791-817; also spelt Li He), another member of Han Yü’s circle whose work was ignored in the eighteenth-century…
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Marjorie Hakala Gives You 7 Reasons to Read A... →
millionsmillions:
Reason #1: They are unique.
Reason #2: They’re playfully, livably literary
Reason #3: Do you like England? These books are completely, uniquely, and ineluctably English.
Reason #4: They are wonderfully funny.
Reason #5: There is a judicious amount of world history.
Reason #6: Widmerpool.
Reason #7: The books are both discreet and entertainingly frank.
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“Erard… begins by visiting Bologna, Italy, the hometown of one of history’s most...”
– From the New York Times review of Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners. (via wingsandfins)