@djp1974.bsky.socialAs for the usefulness of #poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
@djp1974.bsky.socialPoetry is the deification of reality.
@paulinepark.bsky.social#EdithSitwell was born #OnThisDay in 1887, writing the poetry set to #music by Sir #WilliamWalton in their divinely eccentric masterpiece #Façade; here's an excerpt of a recording Dame Edith made with Sir Peter Pears in 1953:
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@librarything.comToday is the birthday of British poet and critic #EdithSitwell, whose work is known for an exploration of sound. A noted eccentric, her library is held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #💙📚 #Booksky
@unclebooger.bsky.socialRhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.
#edithsitwell #lovemothernature #thanksandpraise #lightandlove #liminalspace #shinrinyoku #darkforest #moonmagic #walkthebeautyway #underthelindentree #pagansky #heathensky #occultsky
@paulinepark.bsky.socialElizabeth Tudor (1533), Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson] (1860), John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867), #EdithSitwell (1887), Elia Kazan (1909), Peter Lawford (1923), Daniel K. Inouye (1924), John Paul Getty, Jr. (1932) & Buddy Holly [Charles Holley] (1936) were born #OnThisDay...
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence."
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✒️ Dame #EdithSitwell, English poet and author, was #BOTD 7 September 1887. #Poetry #Literature
