Gorsh, I just found that out, Cav. Don't believe I want to listen to the entire sound track from Fame.
Well, it's happy hour here in the Letty household. Back later.
Cav... my opinion is just as my first post; only stronger. I absolutely adored it, to the extent that it is too difficult to choose a favourite. Unshiftingly beautiful. What made you decide to turn it into a suite?
And, Letty, here is the Fame song version of I sing the body electric. *Double cringe.*
I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time, and in time, we will all be stars
I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth
And I'll serenade Venus, I'll serenade Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time, and in time, we will all be stars
We are the emperors now, and we are the czars
And in time, and in time, we will all be stars
I sing the body Electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on Mars
I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time, and in time, and in time, and in time
And in time, and in time, we will all be stars
*What did Walt Whitman ever do to deserve this?
dròm_et_rêve wrote:.........What did Walt Whitman ever do to deserve this?
He was Walt Whitman, inviting all!
Like Cav (from his latest) a 'pie eyed piper'! :wink:
I saw that one, drom.
It has been noted that Whitman's original was a veiled reference to his homosexuality.
I think that Whitman's original 'Body Electric' embraced human sexuality in all forms, and celebrated both the masculine and feminine sides of all of us. The critics who over-simplify it as a veilied reference to his homosexuality are a touch off-base, or haven't actually read Leaves of Grass in it's entirety. There are plenty of poems there that are aboslute flat-out non-veiled references to Whitman's homosexuality. He had nothing to hide.
You know, Cav. It's odd how history often repeats itself. Here the GOP(grand old party indeed) is pushing for an amendment to make same sex marriages illegal, and many people are concerned with the threat to the gay community. I am concerned with Bush and buddies daring to propose such a frivolous change which threatens everyone. We're going to take a step backwards and see another cultural division. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I second that grrrrrrrrr.
Didn't mean to hijack your suite, sweet. Carry on!
Tis okay, I happen to agree with you. Besides which, the suite is finished, so we can discuss.
But the suite is perfect. No discussion from me on it.
I'll listen here re the ephemera to the poem, surely ongoing and surely, at least at times, a pleasure.
Whew! When you said you would do it in movements I was a little worried there. I'm going back to the top of the thread. Will comment later on.
Jamming and The Hunchback were my very favorites. There are some would-be poets on the writers' site I work at, most of whom bore me silly. I like these two poems better than anything I've seen there. You have grown by leaps and bounds this year. I demand that you continue.
edgar
Thank you edgar, I plan to.
Just don't plan to make money at it!
[reality check - this is Canada!]
Leonard Cohen was a Canadian poet who made money before he wrote songs.
