"Still the walls do not fall, I do not know why;"
June 17, 2023 6:12 PM Subscribe
H.D.(Hilda Doolittle) epic poem, 'The Walls Do No Fall'. H.D. Reads "Helen in Egypt" (slyt). "HERmione is a lyrical act of sense-making, the reverse of a time capsule—gazing backwards, at a younger self now rendered a stranger in the wistful eye of hindsight." from: 'Dream of a Past. 'Going Through Hell With H.D.’s ‘Eurydice’
H.D. Reads "Helen in Egypt"
It's so cool to hear this. Normally I'm not a fan of the old-school way of declaiming poetry, but hell yes that's how you read Helen in Egypt -- voice quavering with age and conviction, like a witch invoking spirits. Which is what H.D. was, I guess.
posted by Gerald Bostock at 1:38 AM on June 18, 2023 [3 favorites]
It's so cool to hear this. Normally I'm not a fan of the old-school way of declaiming poetry, but hell yes that's how you read Helen in Egypt -- voice quavering with age and conviction, like a witch invoking spirits. Which is what H.D. was, I guess.
posted by Gerald Bostock at 1:38 AM on June 18, 2023 [3 favorites]
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