I was born in the century of the death of the rose
when the motor had already driven out the angels.
as wind spurred on its swift horses.
and only on certain evenings would she show it to her children,
wrapped in music, light, and words.
their thick wooden bells.
The great sail of the air manuevered endlessly.
BANFF poet and performance artist Steven Ross Smith records an ecstatic alertness to the world in the latest instalment of his multi-book project Fluttertongue 5: Everything Appears to Shine with Mossy Splendour (Turnstone Press, 96 pages, $17).
Smith’s 89 prose poems begin with phrases from American poet Elizabeth Willis, a fitting start for a book that at its core seeks connection.
TRIBUTE ARVIND GIGOO NARRATES HIS EXPERIENCES WITH A POET CALLED ARJAN DEV MAJBOOR
1991. Udhampur. I am walking on the road. My friend Vijay Zutshi introduces me to a tall, smart, well-dressed and clean-shaven man: ??Arjan Dev Majboor??..a poet.?? The man smiles. He is affectionate. We sit in a roadside tea shop. Majboor talks about his poetry. I listen. He is a good talker. Then we talk about small things that make up life. We part company.
Sacred Trash The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza By Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole (Nextbook/Schoken; 286 pages; $26.95)
For centuries, the Jews of Fustat, or Old Cairo, preserved anything - and everything - written in Hebrew letters. They deposited, or dumped, books, letters and poems, bills of lading, writs of marriage and divorce, shop inventories, receipts and magic charms into a room 8 feet long and 6 1/2 feet wide in what became known as the Ben Ezra synagogue.
YUCAIPA - Perched under the spotlight, several of Deb Austin-Brecher’s fourth and fifth graders performed their original poems for an audience of their peers.
Mrs. A-B, as she’s known around Meadow Creek Elementary School, is the founder of the Salon, a group of local artists based in Redlands. She transformed her classroom Friday morning into a coffee house called “Poem, Sweet Poem”, as part of her class’s poetry unit.
US poet and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron, credited with helping to inspire the development of rap, has died at the age of 62.
Doris C Nolan, a friend of Scott-Heron’s, told the Associated Press news agency on Friday that the artist died in the afternoon at St Luke’s Hospital in New York. He reportedly fell ill after returning from a trip to Europe.
Kids’ books: Karen MacPherson, a children’s/teen librarian, reveals the story behind award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’ new thought-provoking collection of poems presented in a picture-book format and titled “We Are America: A Tribute From the Heart.”
Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers readily acknowledges his love for his country. Yet, after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Myers found himself bothered by the way some of his countrymen defined what it meant to be an American.
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhuanet) — The annual Beijing Modern Music Festival continues to roll out concerts of various styles. A symphony concert celebrating the beautiful landscapes of southern China graced the stage of the Beijing Concert Hall Thursday night. The performance stood out for its subtle combination of modern music elements and traditional Chinese literature. What’s that all about?
POETRY: THESE THREE COLLECTIONS capture a sense of uncertainty that has come to characterise contemporary Ireland. Shifting between hope and fear, rootedness and displacement or meaning and meaninglessness, they seem to offer a search for an imaginative representation of insecurity and transience.
2011 Giro d’Italia: Stage 19 News, Notes and Quotes
The great and benevolent Alberto Contador gifted the stage 19 win to his former teammate Paolo Tiralongo today. The latest news, notes and quotes, plus some injury updates and Contador’s chances for the Tour.