Wisdom in Space · @wisdom
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden

#quotes #WHAuden #authenticity #originality #writing #photography #panorama #mangrove #rabbitkey #everglades #florida

Last updated 1 year ago

Terry Grundy, FRSA · @terrygrundy
657 followers · 2922 posts · Server mas.to

Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

~ W. H. Auden, from “September 1, 1939”

#hope #affirmation #WHAuden #NASA #earthatnight

Last updated 1 year ago

Wisdom in Space · @wisdom
6 followers · 304 posts · Server botsin.space

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden

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#quotes #WHAuden #education #professors #photography

Last updated 2 years ago

Óli Gneisti (English) · @oligneisti
339 followers · 872 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

& P B Taylor wrote

Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well

W. H. Auden visited Iceland and wrote a quite unusual book about his travels.

storiesoficeland.com/sledgeham

#WHAuden

Last updated 2 years ago

tmccormick · @tmccormick
440 followers · 329 posts · Server social.coop

RT @tmccormick
@latimes @TernerHousing "Went to a committee; they offered me a chair;
Asked me politely to return next year:
But where shall we go to-day, my dear, but where shall we go to-day?"
, "Refugee Blues" 1939.
The well-placed are unhurried
allpoetry.com/Refugee-Blues. c/@dagarciajr @Muhammad_Speaks twitter.com/latimes/status/161

#WHAuden #SB9

Last updated 2 years ago

Bodhi O'Shea · @Bodhioshea
65 followers · 366 posts · Server kolektiva.social

So, that quote reminded me of that other quote I was trying to think of the other day.. So, I found the DM, so i could quote Eli exactly:

"The problem has shaped our thinking too thoroughly; we've got to live our way out in some other way than planning it."

Btw, if you want to support a trans anarchist author who is super fucking 😎, and are looking for a last-minute gift, has some fantastic x-mas books. Check out: "The First Noel," "Secret Santa," and "Sugar and Spice."

#WHAuden #eliwray

Last updated 2 years ago

Bodhi O'Shea · @Bodhioshea
63 followers · 365 posts · Server kolektiva.social

"There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citzen or the police;
We must love one another or die."

#WHAuden #poetry #anarchism

Last updated 2 years ago

FireBat · @firebaton
4 followers · 4 posts · Server mstdn.social

Dishwasher broken and teacup cabinet spontaneously unhinged. “Lane to the land of the dead,” yeah, but surely has better kitchens to haunt than this

#scaryghoststories #latedecember #WHAuden

Last updated 2 years ago

FireBat · @firebaton
20 followers · 98 posts · Server mstdn.social

Dishwasher broken and teacup cabinet spontaneously unhinged. “Lane to the land of the dead,” yeah, but surely has better kitchens to haunt than this

#scaryghoststories #latedecember #WHAuden

Last updated 2 years ago

Mati_paralleltexts · @Mati_parallelttexts
162 followers · 140 posts · Server mastodon.uno

"All the rest is silence
On the other side of the wall;
And the silence ripeness,
And the ripeness all."❤
(The Sea and the Mirror)

#WHAuden #poetry #photography #tuscany

Last updated 2 years ago

damian entwistle · @ukdamo
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Kieran · @kie
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I didn't expect to hear Night Mail by Public Service Broadcasting on Radio 3, but I'm absolutely here for it. Such a treat.

Music video on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=WFJPYi3JXw

#poetry #spokenword #WHAuden #publicservicebroadcasting #music

Last updated 2 years ago

M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
235 followers · 14262 posts · Server mamot.fr