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2bev

Poet Laureate

Feb 22, 2005 17:50

Just heard of the new Poet Laureate of the U.S., Ted Kooser. I like some of what I've read ( Read more... )

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I like this one too 2bev February 23 2005, 01:57:31 UTC

In January

Only one cell in the frozen hive of night
is lit, or so it seems to us:
this Vietnamese café, with its oily light,
its odors whose colorful shapes are like flowers.
Laughter and talking, the tick of chopsticks.
Beyond the glass, the wintry city
creaks like an ancient wooden bridge.
A great wind rushes under all of us.
The bigger the window, the more it trembles.

What kind of music do you like? integreillumine February 23 2005, 04:37:35 UTC

I'm reminded of George Winston's wintery album pieces.

Re: What kind of music do you like? 2bev February 23 2005, 07:31:24 UTC

I like most kinds of music.

Today I was listening to:
1) Hendrix - Machine Gun
2) Stravinsky: Symphony in C
3) Miles Davis: Tribute to Jack Johnson

Don't like Rap or hip hop (not really music. It's poetry with a drum beat behind it)

Re: What kind of music do you like? integreillumine February 23 2005, 07:44:58 UTC

Sounds good. The three are a bit rougher than Winston, though. ;) He's smooth like melting icicles.

Uhn, ow. integreillumine February 23 2005, 04:30:30 UTC

My heart hurts.

Re: Uhn, ow. 2bev February 23 2005, 07:27:06 UTC

Kewl.

Remember what William Burroughs said, "The purpose of art is to kill."

Ted would be pleased.