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Siegfried Sassoon – Aftermath

by Author on July 22, 2015 with No Comments

Have you forgotten yet? …For the world’s eventshave rumbled on since those gagged days,Like traffic checked while at thecrossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled withthoughts that flowLike clouds in the lit heaven of life;and you’re a man reprieved to go, Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare. But the past is just the same–and War’s a bloody game…Have you forgotten yet?… Look down, and swear by the slain of the War … Read More

This Strangeness in my Life

by Author on July 22, 2015 with No Comments

It is so hard to see where it is, but it is there even in the morning when the miracle of shapes assemble and become familiar, but not quite; and the echo of a voice, now changed, utterly dissociated, as though all warmth and shared sweetness had never been. It is this alien space, not stark as the moon, but lush and almost identical to the space that was. But it is not. It is another place and you are … Read More

Jadis et Naguère: Art Poétique, Paul Verlaine

by Author on July 22, 2015 with No Comments

De la musique avant toute chose, Et pour cela préfère l’Impair Plus vague et plus soluble dans l’air, Sans rien en lui qui pèse ou qui pose. Il faut aussi que tu n’ailles point Choisir tes mots sans quelque méprise : Rien de plus cher que la chanson grise Où l’Indécis au Précis se joint. C’est des beaux yeux derrière des voiles, C’est le grand jour tremblant de midi, C’est, par un ciel d’automne attiédi, Le bleu fouillis des claires étoiles ! … Read More