From Moxy Fruvous, a song written during the last Gulf War Gulf War Song We got a call to write a song about the war in the Gulf But we shouldn’t hurt anyone’s feelings So we tried, then gave up, ’cause there was no such song But the trying was very revealing What makes a person so poisonous righteous That they’d think less of anyone who just disagreed? She’s just a pacifist, he’s just a patriot If I said you were crazy, would you have to fight me? Fighters for liberty, fighters for power Fighters for longer turns in the …
See all those blogs to your left? I cruise those on a daily basis. The reason I do is because they lead me in directions I never intended to take. When I sit down to a blogroll full of asterisks, I’m like a seed: all potential, ready to grow. For the most part the folks on the left (no pun intended, and anyway maybe Reflections in D Minor should be on the right!) speak my language but they speak it about things I’m not currently talking about. So they are my teachers. For me weblogs are all about learning. You …
On a Small Bridge in Iraq A brilliant little book and photo essay by Japanese author Natsuki Ikezawa and photographer Seiichi Motohashi about the people of Iraq. In the fall of last year Ikezawa travelled around Iraq visiting archeological sites and meeting the people. It makes for a profound meditation on the prospect of war against this nation. The book is free to download in .pdf
Walter Bynner: Architect of the Spectra Hoax Opus 101 He not only plays One note But holds another note Away from it – As a lover Lifts A waft of hair From loved eyes. The piano shivers, When he touches it, And the leg shines. -Witter Bynner (courtesy of Golublog)
Poems about War: Caterina opens a new blog as an antidote to cheap sentimentalism. Thanks Caterina!