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Comment by Marc on December 16, 2012 at 12:12am

The Death of Lovers
We shall have beds full of subtle perfumes,
Divans as deep as graves, and on the shelves
Will be strange flowers that blossomed for us
Under more beautiful heavens.
Using their dying flames emulously,
Our two hearts will be two immense torches
Which will reflect their double light
In our two souls, those twin mirrors.
Some evening made of rose and of mystical blue
A single flash will pass between us
Like a long sob, charged with farewells;
And later an Angel, setting the doors ajar,
Faithful and joyous, will come to revive
The tarnished mirrors, the extinguished flames.
— William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)

The Death of Lovers

Comment by doone on April 1, 2012 at 3:02pm

A Poem For Sunday

"Final Notions" by Adrienne Rich, who passed away this week:

It will not be simple, it will not take long
It will take little time, it will take all your thought
It will take all your heart, it will take all your breath
It will be short, it will not be simple

It will touch through your ribs, it will take all your heart
It will not take long, it will occupy all your thought
As a city is occupied, as a bed is occupied
It will take your flesh, it will not be simple

Continued here. 

Comment by Marianne on December 29, 2011 at 12:43pm

I've just watched the video that Michel posted on March 26th and loved it;  I wish there were more video-petry like that...

I keep finding little treasures on the site !

Comment by Neal on August 12, 2011 at 2:39pm

I'm still thinking of adding it as a blog. =)

Comment by Michel on August 12, 2011 at 1:20pm

LOL

You bet I did!

Comment by Adriana on August 12, 2011 at 12:53pm

Wow! Another fantastic Mathisen-Poisson collaboration. One should post it was video on the site and feature it!

Comment by Michel on August 12, 2011 at 12:30pm

Words and Voice: Neal Mathisen
Visuals and sound edit: Michel Poisson
____

Giving us the hard sell
describing life in hell

pastors love brimstone fire
they think life is dire
their need to plant the seed
to the losers who heed
the voice of fantasy
___

atheistuniverse.net

Comment by Nofaithpoet on April 10, 2011 at 11:30pm

That was very interesting doone and it gave me something to think about.

"...in order to accept treatment he had to first accept and then embrace the idea that he was a regular person who could be helped by "ordinary" means."

Comment by doone on April 10, 2011 at 1:41pm

The Paradox Of Genius

In a beautifully crafted essay, Maria Bustillos combs through David Foster Wallace's dog-eared and highlighted books:

One surprise was the number of popular self-help books in the collection, and the care and attention with which he read and reread them. I mean stuff of the best-sellingest, Oprah-level cheesiness and la-la reputation was to be found in Wallace's library. Along with all the Wittgenstein, Husserl and Borges, he read John Bradshaw, Willard Beecher, Neil Fiore, Andrew Weil, M. Scott Peck and Alice Miller. Carefully. ...

Comment by Michel on March 26, 2011 at 9:10pm

For me this guy is a poet.

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