Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 09:34:57 CDT 2008
Oops. A typo. I meant Prufrock. And also I forgot to include the title of this poem. It's titled "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home". On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > I am wondering how well my favorite poem will translate to Russian. I > used to think T.S. Eliot the greatest poet of the 20th century (I can recite > "Profrock" no problem.) But then I came upon this masterpiece: > > <poem> > > Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings > and some are treasured for their markings - > > they cause the eyes to melt > or the body to shriek without pain. > > I have never seen one fly, but > sometimes they perch on the hand. > > Mist is when the sky is tired of flight > and rests its soft machine on ground: > > then the world is dim and bookish > like engravings under tissue paper. > > Rain is when the earth is television. > It has the property of making colours darker. > > Model T is a room with the lock inside - > a key is turned to free the world > > for movement, so quick there is a film > to watch for anything missed. > > But time is tied to the wrist > or kept in a box, ticking with impatience. > > In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps, > that snores when you pick it up. > > If the ghost cries, they carry it > to their lips and soothe it to sleep > > with sounds. And yet they wake it up > deliberately, by tickling with a finger. > > Only the young are allowed to suffer > openly. Adults go to a punishment room > > with water but nothing to eat. > They lock the door and suffer the noises > > alone. No one is exempt > and everyone's pain has a different smell. > > At night when all the colours die, > they hide in pairs > > and read about themselves - > in colour, with their eyelids shut. > > -- Craig Raine <http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_R.html#Raine> > > </poem> > > It may take you several minutes to work it out, but wow. I wish that I had > written that. > > Arthur > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Shamil Salakhetdinov < > shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> wrote: > >> Thank you, Tina, >> >> Yes, his name is Damir. >> >> <<< >> For all the differences we can find among peoples, I find myself >> awestruck again and again by our much greater similarities. >> >>> >> Yes, the same feeling here - in fact this was my intention (:)) to >> highlight >> how similar we're in our general perception of this world by publishing >> these simple movies on everyday life here - I'm a kind of "sick & tired" >> to >> watch and hear mainly bad and "yellow/hot" news from mass-media both local >> and world-wide - Internet access is not limited here, CNN, BBC etc. as >> well >> as all the main western and eastern magazines and newspapers are available >> here for the one who is interested to see this world from different >> angles... >> >> ...in the same time I think/see there are some small but very significant >> differences in our attitude to this world and our lives: main AccessD >> thread >> isn't right place to talk about them - maybe I come to dba-OT one day to >> talk about that differences how I see them, and how to help each other to >> understand the roots of these differences, and to find a way to live in >> piece and fruitful cooperation on this planet... >> >> <<< >> Please forgive me for waxing too philosophical here. >> >>> >> That's OK, Tina - as you can see I'm philosophical and relaxed here too, >> this weekend, and I'm really enjoying the fresh view of this life, which >> only children can provide us with... >> >> <<< >> I enjoyed Damir's video, I hope he will do many more >> to share with all of us. >> >>> >> Thank you, Tina. >> >> In fact Damir makes a new part release every weekend, when I come to >> country >> side where he stays summer time with his grand-mother - there are seven >> parts now - some of them are published there on YouTube on my account - >> http://www.youtube.com/user/ShamilMS ... >> >> Enjoy! :) >> >> Thank you. >> >> -- >> Shamil >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >> Fields >> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:32 PM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Weekend OT: Russia today by seven years old >> boy'seyes... >> >> Hi Shamil, >> >> That's a beautiful look into the birthday celebration of historical St. >> Petersburg and into the lovely surrounding countryside. Your young >> Damir did a wonderful job. (Did I get the name right?) >> >> What struck me profoundly, once again, is how familiar everything really >> is - we are half a world apart, we speak a different language, we have >> different forms of government, etc., but the beauty of the earth looks >> the same, the face of the mime entertaining people looks the same, and >> the enjoyment of the young boy and his parents looks the same in St. >> Petersburg, Russia as it does here in Rapid City, Michigan, in the USA. >> Furthermore, the emotional settings evoked by the musical selections for >> the several segments of the video, are familiar and easily understood >> across these many miles. >> >> For all the differences we can find among peoples, I find myself >> awestruck again and again by our much greater similarities. Please >> forgive me for waxing too philosophical here. >> >> I enjoyed Damir's video, I hope he will do many more to share with all >> of us. >> >> Tina >> >> Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Have a look if you're curious how everyday life looks like here both in >> the >> > St.Petersburg city downtown on this city "birthday" eve 27th May 2008 >> and >> in >> > the country side here this summer: >> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62TnvXqQBc >> > >> > Enjoy! :) >> > >> > -- >> > Shamil >> > >> > P.S. Most of the stuff done by my seven years old son who made all the >> pics, >> > video clips, copied them on Dell notebook from photo camera memory card >> and >> > combined into movies using English versions of MS Movie Maker running on >> MS >> > Windows Vista... >> > >> > That's amazing what kids can do these days using nowadays technologies! >> > >> > >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >