An amaxing writer/artist. Unfairly forgotten, enormously creative, ahead of her time as well as being a creature of it. A trailblazer and pioneer: those actively ahead of all of us in every era as the sea of human culture expands. She now is part of that sea, though forgotten she is part of what sustains us now. That is what heartens me about this site. It reminds us of our forgotten great predecessors, their works and the real debt we owe them. The old is made new again. The garland is ever-green.
Wow - thanks so much Michael, I really appreciate your kind words. What you say here was exactly what I wanted this site to be. It floors me every time I read poetry from magazines and books published during the late-1800s and early-1900s how great so much of it is - how vibrant and fresh it is. And yet, so little of it has been made available more widely. How many "forgotten great predecessors" we have! You put it so brilliantly: "The garland is ever-green." 🌸🌺🌹🌼🌷🌻💐
DW, thanks for including the Baroness. She wrote great poetry for the time and kind of reminds me of an American Mayakovsky (though she was German). I first encountered her work in the book America: A Prophecy, an anthology of American poetry from pre Colombian times to the 60s and dug up as much of her poetry as possible. I even wrote about her in my poem Lives of the Poets: 3rd acts. Thanks for bringing back these wonderful poems from the past. P.S. you may want to check out Harry Crosby sometime.
Thanks so much Victory - totally my pleasure! :-) Yeah she’s so great. I came to her work reading old copies of Transition magazine I think - and was hooked. So good! And then I read about her possible involvement with Duchamp’s toilet, and was like, oh dam! Thanks for the recommend - haven’t heard of Harry Crosby before - will have a hunt!!
This is becoming one of my favorite substacks!
An amaxing writer/artist. Unfairly forgotten, enormously creative, ahead of her time as well as being a creature of it. A trailblazer and pioneer: those actively ahead of all of us in every era as the sea of human culture expands. She now is part of that sea, though forgotten she is part of what sustains us now. That is what heartens me about this site. It reminds us of our forgotten great predecessors, their works and the real debt we owe them. The old is made new again. The garland is ever-green.
Wow - thanks so much Michael, I really appreciate your kind words. What you say here was exactly what I wanted this site to be. It floors me every time I read poetry from magazines and books published during the late-1800s and early-1900s how great so much of it is - how vibrant and fresh it is. And yet, so little of it has been made available more widely. How many "forgotten great predecessors" we have! You put it so brilliantly: "The garland is ever-green." 🌸🌺🌹🌼🌷🌻💐
Agree! I like your emojis. I have a post in the drafts where I argue we should use them more often and supply my own to mirror propositional thinking!
Haha - cheers! Yeah, definitely worth exploring more! I look forward to seeing the post when it's finished.
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DW, thanks for including the Baroness. She wrote great poetry for the time and kind of reminds me of an American Mayakovsky (though she was German). I first encountered her work in the book America: A Prophecy, an anthology of American poetry from pre Colombian times to the 60s and dug up as much of her poetry as possible. I even wrote about her in my poem Lives of the Poets: 3rd acts. Thanks for bringing back these wonderful poems from the past. P.S. you may want to check out Harry Crosby sometime.
Thanks so much Victory - totally my pleasure! :-) Yeah she’s so great. I came to her work reading old copies of Transition magazine I think - and was hooked. So good! And then I read about her possible involvement with Duchamp’s toilet, and was like, oh dam! Thanks for the recommend - haven’t heard of Harry Crosby before - will have a hunt!!
You’re welcome and btw it’s Victory as I’m a guy.
Oh whoops - sorry about that Victory! Have edited my original comment. :-)