Category Archives: Poetry
More on Ranier Maria Rilke
“God is man’s greatest idea.” Camille Paglia Rilke is a favorite poet of mine and I’ve quoted Poems From The Book of Hours before (internal link). His mysterious writing lends itself to many interpretations, however, a chief translator of his, Babette Deutsch, … Continue reading
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Tagged god, paglia, Poems, poems from the book of hours, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke
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The Frumious Bandersnatch!
I always return to the poetry of Lewis Carroll. It is the height of arrogance to invent new words yet Carroll did it time and again, effortlessly, beautifully, inviting us into a world entirely of his own imagination. Jabberwocky ‘Twas … Continue reading
On a Cat Ageing
On a Cat Ageing He blinks upon the hearth-rug, and yawns in deep content, accepting all the comforts that Providence has sent. Louder he purrs, and louder, in one glad hymn of praise for all the night’s adventures, for quiet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Gray, cats, mice, On a Cat Aging, Poetry, Writing by others
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The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
Endless campaigns abroad are not something unique to America. I am amazed with Kipling’s brevity and wit. The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories (1902) I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names … Continue reading
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Tagged empire, Kipling, Poetry, The Elephant's child
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Ranier Maria Rilke and Ignatian Spirituality
Thumbing through Rilke’s Poems from the Book of Hours (internal link), I came across this stanza: You are the deep epitome of things that keeps its being’s secret with locked lip, and shows itself to others otherwise: to the ship, … Continue reading
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Tagged German, Ignatian spirituality, Poetry, Ranier Maria Rilke, Rilke, the Jesuits
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For The Joy of Reading
By Lewis Carroll. From Alice in Wonderland. Illustration by Sir John Tenniel. “You are old, Father William,” the young man said, “And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your … Continue reading
The Lowest Form of Poetry
A limerick is a strictly structured device used to deliver appealing nonsense with amazing precision. It has been called, without hostility, the lowest form of poetry. Edward Lear, a master of the limerick, had great influence on Lewis Carroll. Consider … Continue reading
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Tagged Carroll, Huxley, Kipling, Lear, limericks
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