Word: poeticisms
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...surprise courteously announced in the New York Times earlier in the day--a poem he had just composed on the bombing of the office of the cultural impresario Sol Hurok, noted for bringing Soviet talent to the USA for many years. Barry Boys said outright that this was not poetic journalism, but that of course is precisely what it was. Yevtushenko stood smiling and looking very pleased as Boys began the poem. He stood in the glory of his art the news is just what our cosmopoet needs. His poems are often the products of news just as he himself...
...actor, Edwin Booth, perhaps, at the Ford Theater. Barnum and Bailey could have found a better barker. Who sold this guy to Yevtushenko, I don't know and why Yevtushenko not only let him butcher the lyrics but also appeared to approve of the fallen, uneven slices is beyond poetic sensibility. Nonetheless, Barry Boys was the specialite de la maison. After he had finished his reading. Yevtushenko read the poem in Russian a pattern loosely adhered to all night...
...have any moral or poetic sense at all, it's hard to dislike a guy like Farber--even if his writing and the films he's apt to praise eschew moralism and poetics. All the words he uses and the statements he makes come from deep in the center of the man. They hit you with the impact of felt experience and funky artistry...
Earlier this season, the Crimson dropped a tough contest to B.U., squandering a 5-1 lead, to lose in over-time, 6-5. Yesterday's well-earned victory was a different story as the Frosh icemen grasped, in Coach Tim Taylor's words, "poetic justice...
...nothing less than a disguised autobiography of Chaplin the slumdweller child from London who finds himself confronted with the appalling luxury of America. The music hall entertainer, who arrived along with a troupe called the "Wow-Wows," found himself surrounded with fame and riches, but remained a loner. Chaplin poetically objectifies his situation in the image of a tramp night-watchman in a department store. All the luxuries which normally belong to the public, are his for one evening. He can dress his gamine in the finest furs; he can even make love to her on a plush...