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

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”

#EarthAtNight #NASA #WHAuden #affirmation #hope

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

⬆ #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors

⬇ #Photography #

#WHAuden & 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.

https://storiesoficeland.com/sledgehammer-judgements-from-an-english-poet/

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?"
—#WHAuden, "Refugee Blues" 1939.
The well-placed are unhurried
https://allpoetry.com/Refugee-Blues. c/@dagarciajr @Muhammad_Speaks #SB9 https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1616498794459283457

So, that #WHAuden 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, #EliWray has some fantastic x-mas books. Check out: "The First Noel," "Secret Santa," and "Sugar and Spice."

"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

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

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

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

Today's poem -
Grub First, Then Ethics
- a fairly acerbic take on modern humans, from WH Auden

https://at.tumblr.com/ukdamo/grub-first-then-ethics/cnfort17krdn

#WHAuden #poetry #knossos #history #humankind #comparison #philosophy #religion #plato #worldview #paradigm #observations #values

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJPYi3JXw4

#music #PublicServiceBroadcasting #WHAuden #SpokenWord #Poetry

@douginamug
*I Walked Out One Evening* by #WHAuden :

https://poets.org/poem/i-walked-out-one-evening

From #BBC #InOurTime : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cc0r

@athairbirb

#poetry