Poetry
News arrived on the doormat after a temporary delay in printing ... the frontpage
displays an elegant look at the iconic Paul Muldoon and introduces the reader to
Poetry in motion ... the narrative flow continues and Muldoon discusses poems poetry
and
dreams feature im this article ... reference Mandalay ... in Rebecca (must admit
I have been listening to the broadcast on BBC Radio over these last few weeks and have been held spellbound!) ... other little utterings crash into this dialogue such as
Paul Simon''s "
Dream of falling and calling your name out" ... loved that tune when it
was top of the pops years ago ... Roy Orbison "in dreams, I walk with you" and I am
sure the guy with the glasses did get all the passes .. still I digress ... - unlike
Anne-Marie Fyfle Dreams that are considered appropriate are quoted as
"Good Friday 1971" i.e. political dreams ... and of course Yeats and his great line
/To know they dreamed and are dead/ evokes Irish aisling ... gangway folks ... /dream of freedom/ this /aisling/connects a dream of a hunger striker who gives up the struggle and dies ... sad views from you ...
The Corneliu M Popescu Prize 2007 Competition has its judges ready with pencils
sharpened ... for European Poetry In Translation ... I thought everybody loved
Baudelaire and that I translated at 17 plus ... results: 10 out of 10 ...
Under New Management ... with a beautiful blue front on the Poetry Cafe ...
refers to Ely Ahamed the new Cafe Manager and General Manager Stephen Corri .. its right back to myself ... I was in conversation with Ely just a few weeks ago about my
book of poetry entitled; Rock Me! glad it went well! Ely is from Marrigues but grew up in Marseilles and moved near Paris at 9 years old ... went to boarding school in Grenoble and then law school in Tours ... at that point Ely decided to be a writer and he now works at the Poetry Cafe in London. Stephen Corri''s favourite poet is Ted Hughes .and the first poem he ever read was "Apple Tragedy" by Ted Hughes ... excellent stuff ...keep on reading .... Poetry Cafe information and news ..
Poetry News welcome and warmly appreciated ... excellent material ...
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