Marianne Moore, Poems, from The Egoist Press, 1921.
October 24, 2011
October 23, 2011
"Those
various sounds consistently indistinct, like intermingled echoes
struck from thin glass successively at random—"
various sounds consistently indistinct, like intermingled echoes
struck from thin glass successively at random—"
— Marianne Moore, from “Those Various Scalpels”
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“awkwardly we bump into stars
we see nothing we hear nothing
we beat with our fists on the dark ether”— Zbigniew Herbert, from “First the Dog,” trans.... -
“Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.”
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“So, I say, what of the night, the terrible night?”— Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
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Federico Hurtado.
Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo
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Erté Harper’s Bazaar cover; perfect for this time of year.
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Pelagio Palagi, Unfinished Portrait, 19th century
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These images come from the fabled manuscript, ‘Liber Floridus’ (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago...
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