Word: poeticisms
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...POETIC JUSTICE...
Only now, after years in therapy, am I starting to come to terms with who my father was to me. I don't know if you'd call it poetic justice, but ironically my recurring role on The Sopranos is that of a psychiatrist. --As told to Francine Russo
...intellectual honor, which Paulin does not deserve in light of his views, ignores that the College “honors” anti-Semitic poets regularly in the classroom, including poets Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot. Indeed it is more than possible to honor figures for their poetic achievements without lending institutional support for their personal views...
...Other meanings emerge when reading "Blood Song" with a more poetic sense. The two big themes of Eric Drooker's work have always been the individual vs. the state and nature vs. technology. (He even overlays animals on the UPC code of his books.) In "Blood Song," often these themes will overlap as when the young woman flees the police. The chase transforms into an ecstatic dance amid traffic lights, parking meters and pedestrians. Her skeleton becomes visible through her skin, juxtaposing her corporeal self against the unnatural trapping of a metropolis...
Schama, narrating in a scruffy leather jacket, is a popularizer in the best sense. He can be snarky, poetic or both, as when he describes Queen Victoria's funeral procession, the monarch dressed in white: "There was a touch of Miss Havisham about this--the 80-year-old, flower-bedecked virgin bride." He's an enlightening, entertaining guide to a history that isn't ours, except that it really is. --By James Poniewozik