Listen to a reading of "Let's Touch Antennae In The Madhouse": ❖ Let's touch antennae in the madhouse, beneath the throes of a dying world and the growing drums of war, beneath the din of the cannibal Karens and Covid culture wars and the miserable late night comedians pushing jokes out
I really like this one. ''Beneath the din of cannibal Karens and Covid culture wars'' and ''of ecocide advertisements and Pentagon prayers'' are great lines haha.
I think what makes your pieces compelling is that regardless of how dark the subject is, you still manage to treat the subject in a beautiful manner. I think that's really important and eel that a lot of contemporary poets and artists have forgotten how to do that. Shakespeare and Aeschylus often had very dark subject for their dramas, but what set them apart was the way they treated their subjects: the ugly subject could still be treated beautifully, a tragedy could still be recounted sublimely.
A beautiful plea for sanity. I'm there. Every morning there is that last cricket chirping who finally stops.
Strangely comforting to recognize so much of what I once called “home” in your writing.
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I really like this one. ''Beneath the din of cannibal Karens and Covid culture wars'' and ''of ecocide advertisements and Pentagon prayers'' are great lines haha.
I think what makes your pieces compelling is that regardless of how dark the subject is, you still manage to treat the subject in a beautiful manner. I think that's really important and eel that a lot of contemporary poets and artists have forgotten how to do that. Shakespeare and Aeschylus often had very dark subject for their dramas, but what set them apart was the way they treated their subjects: the ugly subject could still be treated beautifully, a tragedy could still be recounted sublimely.
Thanks for sharing!