Kobayashi Issa, “Mosquito at my ear”
Mosquito at my ear (from Modern American Poetry) Kobayashi Issa (tr. Robert Hass) Mosquito at my ear– does it think I’m deaf? Comment: “About ...
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W.H. Auden, “Musée des Beaux Arts”
Musée des Beaux Arts W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While so...
W.H. Auden, “The Fall of Rome”
The Fall of Rome (from poets.org) W.H. Auden The piers are pummelled by the waves; In a lonely field the rain Lashes an abandoned train; Outlaws fill the mounta...
Eros and Violence: On Auden’s "Jumbled in the common box…"
“Jumbled in the common box…” W.H. Auden Jumbled in the common box Of their dark stupidity, Orchid, swan, and Caesar lie; Time that tires of ev...
Is It Possible To Insist On A More Thoughtful Politics?
What is below are merely notes. I have a few ideas and this is a groping for a quick and dirty solution to the question. I am more than willing to take all of t...