Tag Archives: Poetry

1928: Christopher Robin, Good-bye,

Posted on July 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Don’t Bustle me,” said Eeyore, getting up slowly. “Don’t now-then me.” He took a piece of paper from behind his ear, and unfolded it. “Nobody knows anything about this,” he went on. “This is a Surprise.” He coughed in an … Continue reading →

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1921: Timeless Poetry

Posted on July 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

FORGET IT Forget the slander you have heard. Forget the hasty unkind word; Forget the quarrel and the cause, Forget the whole affair, because Forgetting is the only way. Forget the trials you have had, Forget the weather if it’s … Continue reading →

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1887: The Story Depends on the Teller

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Lion and the Statue On a statue king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.” THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER Walter … Continue reading →

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1920: OON

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kurt Schwitters: OON [fec] (1920) I’m lying in bed, I’m sleeping, flat on my back. A thin sheet of paper. Pressed flat. An other world orbits around me. I’m looking around. That’s me there beside me. Or is it? A … Continue reading →

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1942: Battlefields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading →

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8th Century BC: His Heart was Filled with Fury and He Showed Forth All his Strength

Posted on July 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

You’ll remember from your Greek mythology that the Titans were the sons and daughters of the primordial gods Gaia and Uranus. They were thus gods themselves, ruling (after one of them, Kronos, overthrew Uranus with Gaia’s help) during the peaceful … Continue reading →

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1956: I’m Putting My Queer Shoulder to the Wheel

Posted on July 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

America America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17, 1956. I can’t stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb … Continue reading →

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1876: The Bowsprit Got Mixed with the Rudder Sometimes.

Posted on June 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand. —Lewis Carroll: The Hunting of the Snark … Continue reading →

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1982: Excess—The Factory

Posted on June 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

The great factory, the universe, the one that breathes for you. There’s no other air but what it pumps, expels. You are inside. All space is occupied : all has become waste. The skin, the teeth, the gaze. You move … Continue reading →

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1874: Night Rushed Down from Heaven

Posted on June 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Moore: Rough Weather in the Mediterranean (1874) ὣς εἰπὼν σύναγεν νεφέλας, ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον χερσὶ τρίαιναν ἑλών: πάσας δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας παντοίων ἀνέμων, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον: ὀρώρει δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν νύξ. —Odyssey V, 291-294 So … Continue reading →

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