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bleak, but rawly humanist, with an extremely fantastic way around a metaphor:http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/after-death
posted by PinkMoose at 11:01 PM on March 29, 2015
posted by PinkMoose at 11:01 PM on March 29, 2015
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posted by chicainthecity at 11:46 PM on March 29, 2015
posted by chicainthecity at 11:46 PM on March 29, 2015
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Transtromer
won the Nobel prize
His poems
had more than meets the eye.
posted by Renoroc at 4:51 AM on March 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
Transtromer
won the Nobel prize
His poems
had more than meets the eye.
posted by Renoroc at 4:51 AM on March 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
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posted by GrapeApiary at 5:26 AM on March 30, 2015
posted by GrapeApiary at 5:26 AM on March 30, 2015
Renoroc: thank you for that. It's nice to know I wasn't the only one to immediately go there.
posted by leotrotsky at 5:59 AM on March 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by leotrotsky at 5:59 AM on March 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
(So his last name is Tranströmer, not Transtromer. The difference matters quite a bit in Swedish, where o and ö are distinct letters. Doesn't NYT usually try to spell names correctly?)
posted by effbot at 12:05 PM on March 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by effbot at 12:05 PM on March 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
(Ok, they're referring to the current prime minister is Lofven and the foreign minister as Wallstrom, so I guess they don't.)
posted by effbot at 12:06 PM on March 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by effbot at 12:06 PM on March 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
"The sound is spirited, green, and full of silence.
The sound says that freedom exists
and someone pays no tax to Caesar.
I shove my hands in my haydnpockets
and act like a man who is calm about it all."
posted by clavdivs at 4:47 PM on March 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
The sound says that freedom exists
and someone pays no tax to Caesar.
I shove my hands in my haydnpockets
and act like a man who is calm about it all."
posted by clavdivs at 4:47 PM on March 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
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