Margaret Fuller – born on 23rd of May 1810 – was an American writer and critic, and one of the earliest supporters of the women’s rights movement. I talked about her in a couple of posts, like this one for example. Quotes: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” “It is… Read More Margaret Fuller
Il gioco linguistico proposto questa settimana da Eletta Senso – qui – è un tautogramma in Ⓛ. Ecco il mio testo: La luna luminosa lambisce lentalande lussureggianti,lustra logori labirinti e lucide lamierelanciando luci che librano leggere:languide lanterne, libellule luccicantio lievi lacrime laceranti? Se volete giocare, i vostri testi saranno riportati qui sotto⤵️ Gian Paolo –… Read More Tautogramma in Ⓛ
Il gioco linguistico proposto questa settimana da Eletta Senso – qui – è un tautogramma in Ⓛ, come Luce, seguito, se si vuole, da un Haiku sempre in Ⓛ . Ecco il mio tautogramma: La luce lattescente della lunalibra leggeralambendo languide labbralobi leziosio luccicanti lacrime,liquide lucciole luminoseche lasciano il letargoe leccano lievementele lacerazioni lasciateda labili… Read More Tautogramma + haiku in Ⓛ
Cap. 8 – Al Vittoriale (22) L’interno della villa è sempre in penombra e l’atmosfera appare cupa, con questi soffitti bassi e l’oscurità delle stanze.Questo perché a causa dell’incidente nel corso della Grande Guerra Gabriele ha perso la vista dell’occhio destro e ha iniziato anche a soffrire fotofobia. Penso che sia è questa sua incapacità… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾LXIII☽ 🖋️
Originally posted on Troubador of Verse:
(In the following poem, written today for a dear online friend ~ Louisa Zambrotta of WP’s Words and Music and Stories ~ the revolving rainbows resulted from the refractions of her crystal ring in the unaccustomed ray of sunshine made available by a slight loosening of the poet’s curtains,…
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 1273), was a Persian mystic, philosopher and poet, founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufism. Rumi was known as the “drunken Sufi” because he found ecstasy in dancing, poetry and music.One day Rumi was walking along a street in Konya, Turkey (then part of the Persian empire) when… Read More The Wisdom of Rumi
A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period –When March is scarcely hereA Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,It shows the furthest TreeUpon the furthest Slope you knowIt almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons stepOr Noons report awayWithout the Formula… Read More “A Light exists in Spring…”
“A mind not to be changed by place or time.The mind is its own place, and in itselfCan make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.” “Long is the way and hard,that out of Hell leads up to light.” John Milton (born 9 December 1608)- “Paradise Lost” – the poem he sold for £10… Read More John Milton
On 22 June 1956 English poet, short story writer, and novelist Walter John de la Mare (b. 1873) died in Middlesex. His reported last words were: “I’m perfectly all right.” He had passed his final years largely in bed, in the care of a young nurse, Nathalie Saxton, with whom he had once been in… Read More “Silver” by Walter de la Mare
Today is Leonard Cohen birthday. The Canadian artist was born in Québec on 21 September 1934. He began his career as a poet and novelist, then he ventured into music when he was in his thirties, and is now remembered for both his literary works and his musical creations. The year before his death (7… Read More Leonard Cohen
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