2008/06/11 Neptun-Olimp
Life
Something to live for
The poet I liked best here was the Irish poet Dennis O’Driscoll.
I like this sentence in his biography as well:
“He has worked as a civil servant since the age of 16.”
And I will quote part of his poem “Life”:
"Life gives
us something
to live for:
we will do
whatever it takes
to make it last.
Kill in just wars
for its survival.
Wolf fast-food
during half-time breaks.
Wash down
chemical cocktails,
as prescribed.
"
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That is my taste of poetry too, definitely.
Arnon, did you already read this? Maybe one day your mother will strike back with her own book too.
http://www.nrcboeken.nl/nieuws/moeder-houellebecq-slaat-terug-met-eigen-boek#1
http://www.nrcboeken.nl/nieuws/moeder-houellebecq-slaat-terug-met-eigen-boek#1
Margot
Yes, I have read about this almost two months ago.Both that and another poem of Dennis at the festival cum conference (yes, I was there too - hi, Arnon!) reminded me strongly of Philip Larkin, respectively "Days" (this one") and "Vers de société" (Arnon, you'll guess which I refer to seeing the anthology!). For some inexplicable reason, parts of the festival turned from "The future of (Romanian?) literature" to a Philip Larkin seminar. Perhaps the most enjoyable, at least the most surprising part.
Steinar
Yes, there was something Larkanian in O’Driscoll’s poetry.It will not come as a surprise to you that I Larkan as well.
The conference was instructive, and for somebody not too familiar with Romania and Romanian politics in the word of literature surprising, sometimes even tragic.
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