i have loved more vigorously more foolishly than most i have loved as the poet does with hands tied eyes closed i have loved jumped into the river when it spoke sweetly to me i don't have many regrets except for the times i hurt my loves i have loved whole-heartedly excessively, lavishly have you? tell me about it.
Inside the Trilateral Commission: Power elites grapple with China’s rise – Nikkei Asia
TOKYO — On Saturday morning, some of Asia’s best-known politicians, corporate leaders and academics gathered at a hotel conference room just steps aw
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‘What he was doing was like nothing else’: the secret recordings of genius producer Charles Stepney | Soul | The Guardian
The soul music visionary died in 1976 at the peak of his career. But his legacy endures – thanks to sampling, fans such as Elton John and Chaka Khan, and the efforts of his three daughters
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brick wall fire wall
i’m doing a lot for you
can you pinpoint the exact moment
that you lost your cool?
5:45 PM, tuesday after a long day
and you wouldn’t listen to me
i was begging to be heard
understood? yeah it’s like talking to
a brick wall fire wall
century of fire
it was the century of fire nothing is better then when you know it was cataclysmic and everyone saw or heard or felt tremors "war and rumors of a war" the cynicism of most ppl was infectious you had to keep a fire lit in yr belly just so you could believe ina world for grandchildren and great great grands it was the century of remembering all that we fought against the slavemasters and financiers who get rewarded for their theft who steal memories aways and that we can re-member put the pieces back? re-member your destiny re-member the beauty it was the century of glass the kind that sand and fire make
Jim Henson Memorial – Jim’s Favorite Songs
play pretend
i have a fun game we can play
pretend you love me, i’ll pretend too
and we can pretend we’re gonna live
love forever and forever just pretend
the older i get the more farce i recognize
but i know that’s what between us is real
so let’s pretend we love each other
and just keep on pretending
Bernadette Mayer (1945-2022)
Sad news to have to impart, the death of a beloved poet, word-master and word-mistress, Bernadette Mayer, who, at aged 77, passed away peacefully in her home last night. A huge loss. Our deepest sympathies go out to her family (who were there with her) and to her many many friends.
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tonight
i will wear my dancing shoes
put on my rose quartz
because i’m not afraid
of the heaviness of love
joke
my favorite author wrote a book about the metaphysiology of writing,
i haven’t read it yet but
i have a feeling it’s gonna be good