If you have eyes to see and ears to hear...

A quiet voice, unheard, hidden

under harsh notes 
of coarsely sharpened opinions,

smothered by thorns and strident whines -

the delicate sunset rose strives to bloom,

isolated, 
yet perfect
 in its completeness.

Happy Birthday Dickens

 

Been working hard on the Masters but must mark the bicentenary of one of my favourite authors! Just joined the world online Dickens conference to be held on 7 - 8th March so looking forward to that; also attending a talk by one of his biographers on Thursday at Blackwells which will no doubt be interesting.
On another note, I have been listening to the forgetten and newly found Harvard lectures by Jorge Borges from 1967 - the joys of technology. I share some of his thoughts from his first lecture,
The Riddle of Poetry - "Beauty is all about us";"poetry creates itself"; "Life is made of poetry if poetry is a passion";"poetry is a new experience every time as language itself is shifting" - to hear this gently spoken man of 70 discuss his thoughts on poetry is inspiring. Here is the link to his series of 6 lectures entitled The Craft of Verse.  http://thefunambulist.net/2011/08/18/literature-lectures-of-jorge-luis-borges-at-harvard-in-1967-68-on-ubuweb/