Comments on: Post no. 3 from Guest Blogger Marcella Durand http://poetryproject.org/project-blog/post-no-3-from-guest-blogger-marcella-durand.html The Poetry Project burns like red hot coal in New York's snow. -Allen Ginsberg Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew C. Kriner http://poetryproject.org/project-blog/post-no-3-from-guest-blogger-marcella-durand.html/comment-page-1#comment-998 Matthew C. Kriner Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:10:54 +0000 http://poetryproject.org/?p=2100#comment-998 Great. Now i can say thank you Great. Now i can say thank you

]]> By: vigo http://poetryproject.org/project-blog/post-no-3-from-guest-blogger-marcella-durand.html/comment-page-1#comment-588 vigo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:59:45 +0000 http://poetryproject.org/?p=2100#comment-588 I said 'the individual' but more - a kiss, or gesture, or a memory not explicity specified but full of resonance. I said ‘the individual’ but more – a kiss, or gesture, or a memory not explicity specified but full of resonance.

]]> By: vigo http://poetryproject.org/project-blog/post-no-3-from-guest-blogger-marcella-durand.html/comment-page-1#comment-587 vigo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:53:19 +0000 http://poetryproject.org/?p=2100#comment-587 I suppose (as you started with the Beach Boys) re: 'I like to see what pops philosophically and maybe even sonically when two opposites exist at the same time in a line' with another reference to music - you will get 'Joy Division' - itself a contradiction based on the term used by Nazis in the concentration camps) a collision of opposites (cruelty/kindness, light/darkness )ideas where a contemplation of a microcosm expands into observations on wider greater (?) historical events and into metaphysical and philosophical concepts. Sonically the instruments of JD sound like wails/heartbeats but are, at the same time, intensely musical. The lyrics of Ian Curtis are profoundly moving and complex - although the weight of observations of great atrocity are there, the counterpoint then becomes heightened as a result e.g. the individual; and the lasting impression is one of vulnerability, tenderness, compassion and austere beauty. Listen to 'Heart and Soul' on youtube and see if you can work out the meaning of the lyrics. Interesting comments you made - and I am looking forward to reading your poetry I suppose (as you started with the Beach Boys) re:

‘I like to see what pops philosophically and maybe even sonically when two opposites exist at the same time in a line’

with another reference to music – you will get ‘Joy Division’ – itself a contradiction based on the term used by Nazis in the concentration camps) a collision of opposites (cruelty/kindness, light/darkness )ideas where a contemplation of a microcosm expands into observations on wider greater (?) historical events and into metaphysical and philosophical concepts. Sonically the instruments of JD sound like wails/heartbeats but are, at the same time, intensely musical. The lyrics of Ian Curtis are profoundly moving and complex – although the weight of observations of great atrocity are there, the counterpoint then becomes heightened as a result e.g. the individual; and the lasting impression is one of vulnerability, tenderness, compassion and austere beauty. Listen to ‘Heart and Soul’ on youtube and see if you can work out the meaning of the lyrics.
Interesting comments you made – and I am looking forward to reading your poetry

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