Beautiful stunning Robert Kelly. On why the Odyssey is better than the Iliad. Which I agree.

#LunchtimeLP Eric Dolphy‘s Out To Lunch from 64 w/ Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams in his final album as a leader. So pairing this with Dolphy‘s 1st album as a leader Outward Bound with Freddie Hubbard but with Jackie Byard, George Tucker, and Roy Haynes. #jazzsky

"Why does everything have to be political..." usually means "Why can't I do obviously political things without being criticized by people who disagree with my politics?" imo.

I fear for the young generation. Genuine dread

Years ago I thought DG Rossetti a far better poet than Christinia Rossetti. Over the years though the gap has narrowed and, in fact, Christina is now nudging ahead.

‘Via Negativa’ - #RSThomas (H'm, Macmillan)

Ok US women are the better team overall but they have not been clinical. This is a battle of talent vs wily experience and I'm liking Canada's chances.

Here's the thing about far-right voters. They are NOT 'psychotics' as people who literally can't google 'psychosis' think. They are actually well adjusted. Their cruelty and stupidity are accurate reads of the cruel and stupid systems we live under.

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A lost gem of English folk rock. The whole album is great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VogQ...

“Simone Weil once noted, ‘Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, and boring.’ And that’s what this documentary is accidentally showing us: the barren and monotonous evil of this American moment.” By @lyz.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/evil-i...

#StrictlyInstrumental #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Feb 11 David Bowie - Weeping Wall youtu.be/PK1alQN3MDg

I don't know who TJ Barrett and the Youth Choir for Christ are but they sure bring the funk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-o...

Relistening to this album that I “discovered” last week for the first time. It was released in 1974, but is a compilation of tracks recorded 1969 to 1972. It’s great and makes a cohesive electric period album. Love it. The song “Go Ahead John” features a particularly scorching John McLaughlin solo.

Want do I want in life? Frankly, I want a Gauloise cigarette. Just one.

One of my favorite concert-going experiences of my life was seeing Philip Glass perform Koyaanisqatsi live at the Kennedy Center. Good for him for standing to his principles.

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Dear internet. The reason I know Amelia Lanyer did not write Shakespeare is that I have read both authors. It is really that simple! Lanyer is a real author who is out there for everyone to read! So is Shakespeare and when you read both of them you can see they differ!

Such music in this sonnet The last line circles to the first & reminds me of the Ukrainian woman who gave seed packets to Russian soldiers so wildflowers will grow where they die Remember today the courage that's needed to stand against those better armed #poetry #poemoftheday #seamusheaneysunday

Given the realities of Canadian publishing, accusations that Lisa Banfield is profiting from tragedy are absurd Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"

Alan Watts discussing why poets are so often at their best when speaking of change.

Dusting the words of this old sonnet by Elinor Wylie, that proves to be untimely Unfinished Portrait I am content To leave you an uncaptured element; Water, or light, or air that's stained by both.

jacklaurel.substack.com/p/an-alliter... #alliterative #poetry #classical #poem #Virgil #Iliad #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #classicsky #alliterativeverse

I like to joke about Arnold, but this stanza slaps

I am tired of tears and laughter, And men that laugh and weep; Of what may come Hereafter For men that sow to reap: I am weary of days and hours, Blown buds of barren flowers, Desires and dreams and powers And everything but sleep.

Well Chrissie Hynde is a prickly person I guess but these Dylan covers rock... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqx...

Gemini music box by Karlheinz Stockhausen. One of twelve Zodiac melodies originally composed for music boxes and manufactured by Reuge in Switzerland firstly in 1975 with two subsequent editions.

This is by me about a very brave woman. poets.ca/natalia-zubk...

I endorse this sentiment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYl0...

Poem by Kathleen Jamie.

#impostersyndrome #freeverse #poem Having a bit of a time. Tried to explain this is how I feel to a few folk. So a poem about imposter syndrome

Tonight's whisky pairing... Naming my all time favourite albums is a tough choice, but if I could only rescue one album from a fire, this would be the most likely choice. 🖤⚡️x #NowPlaying #BowieForever

Don't argue with Trump supporters on social media. Many of these accounts are fake. You don't want to give them any interaction because that increases the social media post's interaction and the algorithm is more likely to boost the post and show it to more people. Don't waste time with them!

Don’t forget about Mother Ann Lee. My review of a new edition of a classic biography, here. www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...

Well as a person with a doctorate in Religious Studies I am constantly hectored by people WITHOUT degrees who insist I am an ignoramus who does not know the simple meaning of the word 'religion'. Of course, there is no such meaning: willsbernard435.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-r...

in honor of david bowie’s birthday let’s listen to the best david bowie jam

she was a poet among other things where do the poems go when the poet has been killed? I picture the snow in Minnesota falling on a lake and want to write her name— Renee— on its cold white page

Can someone identify this murderer? Please.

The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States. Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔

In 2020, Renee Nicole Good won the Academy of American Poets Prize for that year. I have linked the #poem below. Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife. We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent. #ReneeNicoleGood

I have a doctorate in Religious Studies and what sucks about that is that everybody knows everything already from you Tube videos and is DYING to lecture you on the subject.

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Parallel to the American Sacred Harp tradition are the West Gallery songs of England which are also wonderful if not as dark and intense...Here is one with the redoubtable Maddy Prior www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1r...

That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).

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