name association game

Ben Jonson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson

re: BJ... very complex; a giant. re: Malraux... his observation of art is intriguing; I look forward to a time where I can use VR to visit any gallery and view history's remaining works. I ponder the past practice of aspiring artists studying the great works in the galleries of fame and copying them to advance their skills, and wonder if this practice may be lost. I find the musée imaginaire an interesting concept.

James Joyce... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-d...ise-of-waters/

JJ-Seems that his poetry is much easier to understand than his prose.
Visited once the Metropolitan Museum of NY-Awesome. Specially the oriental jewelry bedded in a 1001 Nights atmosphere.

Joan Baez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt-907OpVFk

Just watched the original Woodstock movie last week on the telly. I don't recall hearing of the racial slurs JB received growing up ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Baez ), only her lovely voice.

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Baptism was akin to a concept album, featuring Baez reading and singing poems written by celebrated poets such as James Joyce, Federico García Lorca and Walt Whitman.

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... I'd like to look into this further.

Billy Edd Wheeler... http://www.alancackett.com/billy-edd-wheeler

JB-I watched this show in 2014. https://www.google.com.br/search?q=J...MvZItfdyi1M%3A


Wesley Snipes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes

JB: Cool! WS: I have seen a number of his films; "White Men Can't Jump" cracked me up.

Sheldon Leonard... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Leonard

Liz Taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor

ww.youtube.com/watch?v=lu6GhK72ctA

Always controversial; larger than life; beloved.

Thomas Chatterton... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatterton

http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13037/pg13037.html

TC-Intereting biography. Will look at his poetry later, as thre is a download proceeding.
Castro Alves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_Alves

https://allpoetry.com/O-Navio-Negrei...h-Translation)

CA: another youthful demise. I liked part 1 the best, but a good poem overall.

Akazome Emon... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akazome_Emon

http://classicaljapanesetranslations...ong-roses.html

EA- A beautiful sensibility. The so Japanese balance between feeling and contention.

Aristotle

http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?tit..._and_Aristotle (a bit dry but might interest you)

An interesting aside... like beating the creative process with a stick.

Ada Jafarey... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Jafri

AJ-Another great woman in a difficult environment.

Jose Mujica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mujica

https://www.indy100.com/article/8-re...nt--e1t_MupEpl

Interesting man; I hadn't heard of him before; quite courageous.

Mary Barber... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Barber

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-o...-its-branches/

Where do you discover all those woman poets usually hidden in unfavourable environments?

Bob Marley

https://www.vagalume.com.br/bob-marl...an-no-cry.html

https://www.vagalume.com.br/gilberto...an-no-cry.html

re: BM: Iconic.

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Gilberto Gil sung a version of the song in Portuguese with new lyrics as Não chores mais, as a hymn to the political activists returned from exile upon the passing of the Brazilian amnesty law of 1979
Daniela Mercury, sang the Gilberto Gil version on Balé Mulato – Ao Vivo

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... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman,_No_Cry.

Research: Wikipedia/Google (wild card searches: poets name Mary)/Poetry websites... etc. This time I Googled: "18th century poets first name beginning with m" and let the search lead me... Note my result is not an 18th century poet.

Mahsati Ganjavi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsati

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poet...nal/index.html

GG-I didn´t know that! The lyricals are not so different. But Gilberto gave them a subtle political twist. In 1979 censorship started to become lighter.


George Carlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin

Rufus ! Funny dude.

Christian Morgenstern... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Morgenstern

CM-Humorous poetry!
MG- Quite modern for her time. Got a bit confused by all that spam, only read her biography and her beautiful poem tonight. Very simple and wise

Madredeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madredeus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI73...=RDoUgPNZWhH-U (some of the songs have English undertitles)

Enjoyable music

Margaretta Faugères... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretta_Faugères

http://www.bartleby.com/400/poem/726.html

MF-So much lyricism paired with such a sad and corageous life


Frederico Garcia Lorca (one of my favorite poets and dramatists)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federi...c%C3%ADa_Lorca

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/romance-son-mbulo/

So tragic. Loved this: "The fig tree rubs its wind with the sandpaper of its branches, and the forest, cunning cat, bristles its brittle fibers." How many poets and artists and... have been sacrificed to political expediency; to ignorance.

Lucretia Maria Davidson... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretia_Maria_Davidson

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fear-of-madness/

Don Harron

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Harron

I remember him: Funny... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEyNGWwU2Q . I don't remember the Outer Limits 2-part episode; will have to research.

Henry Threadgill... http://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsup...in-for-a-pound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkXwoWgwVkk

LMD-I´m impressed with her story and her poem. Why was she so frail? And couldn´t they let her write in peace?
DH-Don´t know unfortunately.
HT-Interesting how each instrument becames "visible" in his piece.


Tina Turner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo4C5FpRSPU

LMD was thought to have had tuberculosis and/or a form of anorexia; both debilitating conditions. Brilliant beyond her years she must have been very fragile emotionally; her family not in tune with her at all. Re: TT the video is blocked in my country by SONY Corp.

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This video contains content from Sony Pictures Movies & Shows, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Sorry about that.

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... so, I will watch others that are not blocked.

Ted Turner... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner

Sorry about the video. I tested it and here it worked. Try this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJaSZjK6-LE

Tom Hanks

Just finished listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJaSZjK6-LE ! Love her voice and attitude.

Someone contemporaneous: Helen Dunmore... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Dunmore

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/helen-dunmore ... nice website and an opportunity to listen to the poets voice!

Interesting website!It´s only a pity that it doesn´t have the written text too.

David Eggleton
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/david-eggleton

There is a READ THIS POEM link you can activate. In fact http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/deep-south is quite a nice poem by DE.

E. G. Marshall... just saw him in Tora! Tora! Tora! last night on TCM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._G._Marshall

: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.

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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