AP Literature
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books- Whitman
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment- Rumi
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
BY ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of rosé wine.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
You must praise the mutilated world.
You watched the stylish yachts and ships;
one of them had a long trip ahead of it,
while salty oblivion awaited others.
You've seen the refugees going nowhere,
you've heard the executioners sing joyfully.
You should praise the mutilated world.
Remember the moments when we were together
in a white room and the curtain fluttered.
Return in thought to the concert where music flared.
You gathered acorns in the park in autumn
and leaves eddied over the earth's scars.
Praise the mutilated world
and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and returns.
Final Spring Project
Listening
is the first step
and the last step.
Cantus Fraggle
Powerful Short Stories
J.B.'s Home Record Collection Spotify Take a Listen!
Kirkus Review article about the above Spotify Collection
Two Shorts By Colum McCann:
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By Albert Camus
Herman Hesse
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