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Wake up: Elvis sings “Witchcraft” and Sinatra sings “Love Me Tender”
It's witchcraft wicked witchcraftwhen Elvis came home from the armyand he and Sinatra sang this duetWhat a thrillFor my darling I love you and I always will
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Does Poetry Defeat Politics? Not so fast! [by David Lehman]
Wall Street has “headline risk”—the possibility that bad news will result in swift stock market corrections. Journalism has headline poetry. The ingenuity displayed in a headline limited to very few characters creates memorable lines…
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“The closest we get to freedom” [by Kirsten Chen]
is it Saturday morning—talking to a lover in bed?Nothing top-hits or big decisionsI mean something windy and forgettable.Jazz breakfast. Construction alarm.That must be it.It can’t be the sun-rose skylineor the one-way ticket.Fuck that, it’s…
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The Taut Comment String (to “What Trumps Vain Boasts”) [from the Wall Street Journal]
On June 23, 2017, the Wall Street Journal published David Lehman's essay "What Trumps Vain Boasts: Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ serves as a reminder that time mocks us all." The essay, part of the WSJ's "Masterpiece"…
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Frank O’Hara: “A Step Away from Them”
It's my lunch hour, so I go forfor a walk among the hum-coloredcabs. First, down the sidewalkwhere laborers feed their dirtyglistening torsos sandwichesand Coca-Cola, with yellow helmetson. They protect them from fallingbricks, I guess.…
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“Fantaisie” by Gerard de Nerval [translated by Robert Launay]
by Gérard de Nerval Il est un air pour qui je donnerais Tout Rossini, tout Mozart et tout Weber, Un air très vieux, languissant et funèbre, Qui pour moi seul a des charmes secrets.…
