want vs desire wanting vs desiring to want vs to desire wanting, desiring, yearning, longing longing for what are the key differences between these things that all sound similar to the modern ear? to the modern western ear? the modern western mind i do not know how to define them so that it…
I think I will end up removing the dates from all of these posts. I want this all to be timeless.
I know Blake meant a lot to Bly. I have wanted for a long time to hear Bly talk about him. I am listening to an Audible product I found a few nights ago titled “William Blake and Beyond”. It is a recording of a conversation between Robert Bly and Michael Toms. Here is poem…
first draft october 30, 2024 written after reading the olds poem below and before taking the kids to a pumpkin patch I remember being eighteen in McKee Hall It was December The fall semester was nearing its end and it was Christmastime or was it the beginning of the spring semester? It hadn’t snowed…
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. In ihm war das Leben, und das Leben war das Licht der Menschen. Und das Licht scheint in der Finsternis, und die Finsternis hat’s nicht begriffen.
Loss of Innocence; Love; Obsession; Desperation From Hozier “From Eden” [As with the poetry of Yeats, this should be spoken aloud or sung, so that the shape of the words can be felt and the artistry appreciated.] To the strand, a picnic planned for you and me A rope in hand for…
From Blake, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. … The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. … He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. The cut worm forgives the plow. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise…