The task of tidying up some ancient posts from my old blog turned out to be a shameful trip down memory lane. Shameful because I praise myself on being free from such nonsense as nostalgia. Yet I succumbed. I quite enjoyed the quality of my writing in Russian (AND English!) – free and funny. I […]
Billy Collins on TED
Another brilliant TED talk from a poet Billy Collins. The last poem which he read himself was a glimpse into what I, as well as almost every parent, do to my children. Laughable and so damnable, but how to help it?.. Great poetry and great animation! http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf There is a website with more animated poems […]
Mirror on The Wall
This morning, after dropping girls off at school, I caught this song on the radio, which hit me like no other song did for a while. This is totally powerful. Rushed home to look up lyrics on youtube – even better! Then found a video clip – blew my mind away! See this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLUa8JUR18%5D […]
A recommended spiritual song!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAJ9I7AIAs] Also you need to memorise the words. This video is very helpful for that: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_mL5fguOfE]
Sarah Kay. Inspired. Spiritual. Powerful. Alive. And SOOO young!
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John G. Rives – the poet
Today I focus on a poet John G. Rives. I admire. I love. I amaze at. I want to share this person around, so that everyone can take a little or a lot of him, and that way add more joy, into their lives. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_PQBmk-6c&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] This is what TED says about him: Flat pages can’t […]
Poetry. “Poetic Bloodline” Gemini
What Art is about? I am doing the Big Questions this week… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPz9lL0y8sE]
Поэтический обмен с Максом Бондаренко
Болтали с Максом. Я ему говорю, “А я вчера стишок накрапала ни с того, ни с сего. Прикинь!” , и послала ему вчерашнее. А он мне говорит, “Я тоже”, и послал мне свой (смотри ниже). “Это такая творческая эрекция у нас” – он говорит. Замеча-а-а-тельно! Я целиком и полностью за эрекцию во всех ее проявлениях! […]
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