International Poetry

[bogusbrig]

This is a site worth reading. Poetry International If you scroll down, on the right are different countries. There are English translations of poetry.

I've been reading it for about half an hour and have been a little disappointed. Most poets seem to have very academic backgrounds and inhabit similar territory. For all the different countries represented I haven't come across something exciting or surprising. Maybe a lot is lost in translation. Who knows?

 

[twelveoone]

This is a site worth reading. Poetry International If you scroll down, on the right are different countries. There are English translations of poetry.

I've been reading it for about half an hour and have been a little disappointed. Most poets seem to have very academic backgrounds and inhabit similar territory. For all the different countries represented I haven't come across something exciting or surprising. Maybe a lot is lost in translation. Who knows?

Yo, bog. It's the translations most Americans unless they come from Academia only speak one language (not sure what it is sometimes). Most Brits have trouble deciphering the next town over, eh?

 

[bogusbrig]

Ishigaki Rin from Japan. Who was known as the bank clerk poet. I like her.

 

[twelveoone]

Ishigaki Rin from Japan. Who was known as the bank clerk poet. I like her.

Ah, the Japanese. They have their own Marvel.
Hey this is a poetry site, shouldn't we be blathering about troupes, metaphors, etc
Or cunts and clits, and prancing about with fancy AV's.
BTW what does the Nobel pay? I heard it's a million bucks, how much it that in Euros? Pulitzer is a measly 25K.

 

[bogusbrig]

Ah, the Japanese. They have their own Marvel.
Hey this is a poetry site, shouldn't we be blathering about troupes, metaphors, etc
Or cunts and clits, and prancing about with fancy AV's.
BTW what does the Nobel pay? I heard it's a million bucks, how much it that in Euros? Pulitzer is a measly 25K.

826,884 euro. Not to be sniffed at. It will keep you in beer or more probably a good Claret for a while.

Though I understand the heavy French reds are losing markets to the lighter reds from California, Australia and South Africa. In fact I was reading an American has had the gall to buy a few vine yards in the Bordeaux area of France to showe the French how to make a good red. Of course the French view this as an affront and see it as Americans meddling again in affairs that don't concern them.

What was this post about? Oh the Nobel and prize money. Far too much money for one poet to have and very few winners live up to the prize.

 

[twelveoone]

826,884 euro. Not to be sniffed at. It will keep you in beer or more probably a good Claret for a while.



What was this post about? Oh the Nobel and prize money. Far too much money for one poet to have and very few winners live up to the prize.

for that, I'd sell out
Besides, don't they give it to guys near death already. When did Eliot get his?

 

[bogusbrig]

for that, I'd sell out
Besides, don't they give it to guys near death already. When did Eliot get his?

Yep. You have to be on your last legs. Pinter is 76 and has cancer or so I'm led to believe. It's almost a farewell present.

Oh I have no principles when it comes to escaping the drudgery of earning a living. I'd sell out too!

Am I the only one that thinks Faust made the right decision?

 

[twelveoone]

Yep. You have to be on your last legs. Pinter is 76 and has cancer or so I'm led to believe. It's almost a farewell present.

Oh I have no principles when it comes to escaping the drudgery of earning a living. I'd sell out too!

Am I the only one that thinks Faust made the right decision?

I think Faust could have gotten a better deal, but then the standard price for a soul goes for about $200 american. Or it was last time I checked on the soul exchange.