“With Rilke there is always this sense that the universe was not made for us; rather we are a part of it and subject to greater hierarchies–that celestial realm that he felt we could access by leaning into our pain. Beauty is both turmoil and peace, alluring and alarming–a pregnant emptiness. Creativity. This understanding and […] L’article Rainer Maria Rilke on leaning into pain as a way to transcend it (https://poetonsong.com/podcasts/rainer-maria-rilke-on-leaning-into-pain-as-a-way-to-transcend-it/) est apparu en premier sur Poet on song (https://poetonsong.com/). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

“Akhmatova’s song is capable of articulating love with exactitude and an emotional precision that cuts to the core of you. What makes her so powerful a voice is the emotional history she carries. It’s that feeling documented about what tyrannous institutions do to the human soul; what happens to us when that compassionate part of […] L’article Anna Akhmatova on the human cost of populism (https://poetonsong.com/podcasts/anna-akhmatova-on-the-human-cost-of-populism/) est apparu en premier sur Poet on song (https://poetonsong.com/). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

“Walcott is in my mind — without a doubt –the great poet of the late 20th century. His is a mellifluous song; a voice of such breadth and longing…perhaps a longing to right old wrongs. In any case, he enshrines an entire people in truth beyond all confabulations so that we may come to know how they came to be who they are now. In, Omeros, Walcott’s sun-dusted rewriting of Homer’s epic, we ride with the crest of a history where Helen of Troy is Helen of the West Indies, personified in the haughty defiance of a stunning black maid. Achilles and Hector? Valiant fishermen in love with the same woman..”  Musical Selection for this Podcast A cool wind is blowing by Djivan Gasparyan Mouneissa by Rokia Traoré Cantiga de mi Amigo by Amália Rodrigues Fado Portuguêsby Amália Rodrigues Sombra by Amália Rodrigues Strange fruit by Rokia Traoré Goree by Nuru Kane L’article Derek Walcott on writing an entire nation into history (https://poetonsong.com/podcasts/dereck-walcott-on-writing-an-entire-nation-into-history/) est apparu en premier sur Poet on song (https://poetonsong.com/). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

“My tribute to the doctor, novelist, playwright, imagist and poet William Carlos Williams whose rigorous notes strike close to the core of the American ethos because they are scrupulously just. He has two fingers on the American pulse: its beauty, its devastation, its solitude, its reveries, its ignorance…yes. Creative imaginings whose excacting strophes are as […] L’article William Carlos Williams on showcasing the American temperament (https://poetonsong.com/podcasts/express-your-creativity-through-amazing-tatoo/) est apparu en premier sur Poet on song (https://poetonsong.com/). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.