name association game

:redface:Tks! I like the flow of his poem: "Cry a river sobbing stories of sunken dinghies..."

Martin Luther King

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/spee...haveadream.htm

I agree, DE has good meter and alliteration sense. MLK: Up there with the greatest orators and men of peace.

Ken Follett... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett

Unfortunatelly I never read him

Ferreira Gullar (For Wikipedia article see RIP Ferreira Gullar)

http://www.coleccioncisneros.org/edi...ncrete-poetry#

http://tina-esquadros.blogspot.com.b...-favorite.html

Interesting analysis:

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What stands out more in this regard, especially in most of his later poetry, is the relatively infrequent appearance of rhyme, meter, and the like [i]when these features can lend a special and appropriate effect. Some of his earlier poetry is marked by exercises in traditional forms, such as the roundel and the Italian and English sonnet, complete with expected rhyme schemes, but the vast majority of his later poetry is free verse. Nevertheless, rhymes, rhythms, onomatopoeia, invented words, unusually placed lines, lines of odd lengths, “concrete” poetic conventions, and more pepper Gullar’s free verse.

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. The interview is interesting on two levels: FG's poetry and the reality of staying true to the spirit of the poet/poem when translating the poet's works. The immensity of difficulty in translation is made even more apparent when you consider LG had access to FG. Enjoyed the translation of Traduzir-se; so simple in construction at first glance.

Quote:

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Half of me
Is all vertigo
The other half:
Words
Translating both parts
Into one another
-a matter of life or death-

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... could describe me as well.

Gary Snyder... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Snyder

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps...nlinepoems.htm

GS-interesting life. I liked the poem about how inspiration comes to him

Sarah Kay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kay_(poet)

I must admit I don't get slam poetry, but then my anxiety issues would overcome me if I even thought to try.

Kay Hooper... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Hooper She was born at an Air Force Base Hospital in California like I was !: http://kayhooper.com/about/index.html

Her FOR WRITERS page has some useful advice for aspiring writers who wish to be published.

SK- I find her poetry very obvious.
KH- I like her animal activist activity

Heinrich Heine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mein-...eiter/#content

Wry humor... enjoyed his satire poem on German censorship. Also enjoyed the translation of "Mein Tag War Heiter". Interesting to see his favor rise and fall in the throes of history.

Hermione Lee... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione_Lee

Louis Malle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Malle

LM: Interesting fellow.

Michael Ende... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ende

LM-My favourite movie:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK8qck07SJs

Elizabeth Taylor (novelist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizab...lor_(novelist)

duplicate (bad connection)

LM: Interesting movie clip. I'll have to look the movie up on Amazon/ilk. ET: Many "The New Yorker" offerings I might peruse.

Tennessee Williams... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

One of my favorite playwrights!

Wilhelm Röntgen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen

WR: Too transparent, though he has a nice glow. :)

Robert Shaw... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...British_actor)