Saturday Poetry
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Mobile Photography / Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Spring Time’ by Harper Lee
Harper Lee died yesterday at the age of 89, she was of course, the famous author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Her story of race relations and legal injustice set in the American south in the 1930s, first published in 1960, won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1961, was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 and went on to sell more than 40m copies worldwide. It has never been out of print and is perhaps the most widely loved American novel of the past half-century. The book was seen by many as saying something good, something important about America itself. Not many people know but can probably imagine…
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Mobile Photography / Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Having a Coke with You’ by Frank O’Hara
As it is Valentine’s weekend we thought it would be prudent to bring you this romantically beautiful poem. In his book, The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets, David Lehman correctly comments about O’Hara’s poetry: “The surface of O’Hara’s poems is so dazzling, with taste so fine and sensibility so rare and appealing, that it comes as a surprise to investigate and realize that there are depths of meaning in his offhanded poems that seem as disarmingly immediate and perishable as telephone calls. The prejudice against humor and lightheartedness in poetry has caused some readers to overlook not only the lyric pathos informing O’Hara’s work…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘The Brilliant Image’ by Hafiz
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is a poem entitled ‘The Brilliant Image’ by Hafiz. From a collection of 59 poems by Hafiz (1320-1389), called ‘renderings’ rather than translations. Daniel Ladinsky successfully brought this popular Persian poet to life in the West. Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a ‘playwright who acts all the parts: the lover, the disciple, the Master, the Guide, the voice of God, and sometimes even the reader’. Source: ‘I Heard God Laughing:” Renderings of Hafiz: by Daniel Ladinsky. I hope you enjoy this poem, I have matched @Draman – Roger Guetta’s image with this poem. You can follow him on Instagram here. To view the others…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘The One’ by Lang Leav
Rishi Dastidar, Assistant Editor of Poetry Magazine explains poetry, (in a sense), “it’s important to remember that poetry is not just about the uncontrolled expression of how you feel but how you shape that expression. What makes you a poet is learning the craft, spending time reading other poets and bringing writerly tools to the emotions you are trying to convey“. The reason I was reading this was because of the ‘uprising’ of Instapoets on Instagram. These poets are connecting, moving their readers and achieving commercial success with it. “It’s actually a great subversion of the debates on narcissism and self-obsession which always accompany social media”, says Dastidar. “Posting a…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘A Childhood’ by Robin Robertson
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is a poem entitled ‘A Childhood’ by Robin Robertson. I hope you enjoy this poem, I have matched centerforbalancecliff with this image. Source: The New Yorker To view the others in our Mobile Photography/Art Saturday Poetry section, please go here. To ensure your image receives our attention, please upload it to Instagram with this hashtag – #theappwhisperer
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Autobiography In Five Short Chapters’ by Portia Nelson
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is a poem entitled ‘Autobiography In Five Short Chapters’ by Portia Nelson. In many ways this is an uplifting poem, Portia Nelson’s delightful and insightful story of the hole in the sidewalk/path provides a metaphor of life. Life is like a stroll down a somewhat hazardous sidewalk/path. The story identifies the key feature required to safely navigate life’s sidewalk/path. Source: Portia Nelson from the book There’s A Hole in My Sidewalk This is a deep thinking poem, think which verse you may be on. I hope you enjoy this poem, I have matched g_wah – Graeme Roy’s image with this. I I…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Ample Make This Bed’ by Emily Dickinson
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is a poem entitled ‘Ample Make This Bed’ by Emily Dickinson. This poem, it is said has two meanings, one that the poet is speaking about a sensual moment that she is intending to spend with her companion, or fantasising about it and the other notion, is that she is preparing her deathbed. In as much as she is trying to ensure that when the time comes, everything is perfect. Source: Poem Hunter For me, I align myself with the former, not least because several weeks ago, Kevin and I ordered a new bed and we are very excited about it being…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Silt Whisper’ by Ailbhe Darcy
I am introducing a new section, simply titled, Saturday Poetry. Each Saturday I will publish a poem and I will also try to link a mobile photography image, that has been uploaded to our Instagram hashtag #theappwhisperer during the week. This week’s poem, Silt Whisper is by Ailbhe Darcy, it is from her book Imaginary Menagerie. “One-Eyed Jack is an American board game, played with cards and poker chips It’s the two-eyed Jacks (clubs or diamonds) that are the official wild cards. Silt Whisper begins with a signal that breaking and making rules could be significant in the poem. Hearts and spades are the official one-eyed jacks, and we all…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Paris Is A Party’ – Ernest Hemmingway
I am introducing a new section, simply titled, Saturday Poetry. Each Saturday I will publish a poem and I will also try to link a mobile photography image, that has been uploaded to our Instagram hashtag #theappwhisperer during the week. Today, I am publishing a slight twist on our traditional Saturday Poetry section. “One of the most popular books in France this week is a classic: A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway. Its title in French is Paris est une fete — or “Paris is a party.” The book is finding new readers — and it’s also being left as a tribute to those who lost their lives one week…
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Mobile Photography/Art – Saturday Poetry – ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat’ by Lewis Carroll
I am introducing a new section, simply titled, Saturday Poetry. Each Saturday I will publish a poem and I will also try to link a mobile photography image, that has been uploaded to our Instagram hashtag #theappwhisperer during the week. Today, I am publishing ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat’ by Lewis Carroll. It is a poem recited by the Mad Hatter in chapter seven of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). It is a parody of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. The poem seems to question the activities of a bat which appears to be a mysterious and even a mystical creature whose daily on goings are a mystery to the speaker. Though the bat does not…
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