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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing

book: The Essential Rumi – Rumi (Author), Coleman Barks (Translator) Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.

21 March, World Poetry Day: the unrestricted pursuit of truth

txt: 2010 World Poetry Day “The Words of Nature, the Nature of Words” – UNESCO Doubling as International Year of Biodiversity and of the Rapprochement of Cultures, 2010 celebrates two essential facets of diversity: the heritage which is key to human life on Earth. Through poetry and science, humanity has been able to capture a [...]

Dire Poesia 2010 Vicenza

The second edition of “Dire Poesia” (Say poetry) will be held from 21 March to 7 May 2010 in Vicenza. The event is sponsored by the City of Vicenza Department of Cultural Affairs and Intesa Sanpaolo Cultural Heritage in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Workshop in Vicenza. The event, curated by Stefano Strazzabosco, will consist [...]

Celestia, Venice

Esco da arsenali tecnologici da insane, ipersoniche velocità: si allarga la laguna su Murano, mi ricolma d’aria fredda e di sole. Con il panino in bocca e sorridente prendo appena in tempo la quarantuno. ———————- [en] I get out from technological arsenals from insane, hypersonic speed: the lagoon enlarges on Murano, it fills me with [...]

Magnifico

[txt] “Of Mere Being” – Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) on Modern American Poetry The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor, A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason That [...]