Protected: Poetry Challenge 18: Post Thy Poems!
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The Chrystal, by Sydney Lanier – with some biographical and critical notes
Having checked out his collected poems from my public library, I got a chance to read a short biography of this remarkable poet, the value of which biography is that it was written in 1929 by a man who knew Lanier and his wife. Sydney Lanier had one of those short and heartbreaking artistic lives. He was descended from an illustrious line founded by artists and courtiers; his family had been present in America since the early 1700’s. His father was a lawyer who somewhat discouraged Sydney from his first… Read more The Chrystal, by Sydney Lanier – with some biographical and critical notes →
Conservatism and Art
Part One Part Two Part Three Since I’ve confessed myself a conservative, a democrat, and a monarchist, how does that affect my artistic philosophy? (For after all, this has largely… Read more Conservatism and Art →
Watch “Marc Blitzstein: The Airborne Symphony” on YouTube
And now something completely different for our poetry lovers. Marc Blitzstein: The Airborne Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUSRfoOcUe4Y6ZlodlhVEjvqTJ7cf-fI8
The Death of a Comrade
Harvest Home By Walter de la Mare First published in 1923, then republished in 1957 A bird flies up from the hayfield; Sweet is the newmown grass; But all those flowers laid low at noonday! And only my sighed Alas! Man garners his own with scythe and gun- Seed of the weed or blood; But the life dies out of a foolish heart When the dust is christened mud. The beauty is gone… Saints sing of heaven: Death’s but the narrow pass From a transient dream to a changeless Real-… Read more The Death of a Comrade →
Let the Poet’s Hand not Be Swift
Let the poet’s hand not be swift to take up the pen, nor his tongue be impatient to speak; trust neither hand nor tongue to the guidance of Fortuna. To… Read more Let the Poet’s Hand not Be Swift →
Report on Further Investigations of Questions About Imagination
Given, as assumption apriori, the assertions in C. S. Lewis’ short essay “Image and Imagination.” Short recap of Lewis’ essay: Can you imagine something that doesn’t exist? Any examples you want to try out? On first glance, it seems that you can (Fairies?) but actually all you can do is recombine the images of existing things, in new ways. The concept of a fairy, for example, may be combined from the images of a human being, a bird or insect, and the previous, highly complex image of “magic” – which may… Read more Report on Further Investigations of Questions About Imagination →
Icons Are Not Written – Correcting A Misunderstanding
Icons Are Not Written – Correcting A Misunderstanding Here’s an interesting link from the Orthodox History website. I’ve used this incorrect verbiage myself. I even used it in a poem once (which I have now corrected.) Spread the word, O lovers of exactitude.
Slow Literature 