Trobairitz
Guess what happens to the “poetess” who tries to outdo a Cathar Trobairitz? Public! Humiliation! What you GIVE is what you GET?
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JANUARY 5, 2010 BY GRETA – Louise Labé
Oh! Bells Hells. I’ve just freaked MYSELF out here. TEN / ELEVEN YEARS AGO (!?) I wrote these. If y’all have any free time – check out Louise. Lyon. And the name of the group of poets ? ? ? Greta Brookes : Louise Labé – hoax? Greta Brookes : Louise Labé (1524-1566)
Read MoreWeave a Garland of My Vows
The title of my novel is a deliberate mis-quote of a Richard Crashaw poem. I explained this in May 2009 Wishes to His (Supposed) Mistress And I might’ve/could’ve said before that my fave poet is a homie. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Born a handful of miles from here. And my fave Tennyson poem is […]
Read MoreSonnets to Orpheus
Well. That took me while to track down :o( The quote about “We, the endlessly risked” comes from Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus. Woohoo!
Read MoreRainer Maria Rilke Poetry
I’m on a mission and t’internet is refusing to help :o( I’ve just seen a quote by Rilke that has captured me. We the endlessly risked, what eons we own. Can I find the fluffing source? (all credit to Jodie and Stunt Husky!) I’ve just found a pdf – 203 pages – of Rilke […]
Read MorePOEMS Day
Piss Off Early Monday Soon. I choose MY homie and my fave poem wot he wrote. The metre and rhyme are PERFECT Song or Narrative? Both are here
Read MorePoets Days
OK. I WAS aiming for a long weekend but…whatev’s. So. Today I choose Byron. Mad. Bad. And dangerous to know. (No shit, Sherlock!) “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: […]
Read MoreRide the Tiger
Another in the list marked – Books Wot I ‘Ave The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist […]
Read MoreRainer Maria Rilke
An old/new fave writer. WikiBS : Rainer Maria Rilke The only journey is the one within. I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. The purpose of […]
Read MoreA Poem from the Golden Age
These are the first lines of an epic 12th century Georgian poem. Mmmmmn! There was in Arabia Rostevan, a king by the grace of God, happy, exalted, generous, modest, lord of many hosts and knights, just and gracious, powerful, far-seeing, himself a peerless warrior, moreover fluent in speech: No other child had the king […]
Read MoreParadise Regained
Back with John Milton and the 17th C vibe. Much to my disgust – t’internet doesn’t like this poem as much as Paradise Lost. A full, easy to Control C, Control V summary is too much page searching for me. Boring :o( Anyhoos and whatev’s. A cut and paste version from….m’eh! In Milton’s famous […]
Read MoreParadise Lost
SparkNotes Plot Overview : Milton’s speaker begins Paradise Lost by stating that his subject will be Adam and Eve’s disobedience and fall from grace. He invokes a heavenly muse and asks for help in relating his ambitious story and God’s plan for humankind. The action begins with Satan and his fellow rebel angels who are found […]
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