Travelin’ Light

 

My review of Travelin’ Light: Stories and Revised Memories by Mary Lois Timbes.

Dylan cover by Cat Power

“Like a Rolling Stone” (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)

“A human being is here”

A poem by Jon Fosse, the new Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.

I seem to detect a written atmosphere or resonance that reminds me of Beckett and of Tranströmer. I find this poem to be astonishing, but further commentary by me would be annoying and superfluous.

https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-17534_A-HUMAN-BEING-IS-HERE

Taylor Swift…

 …is the most startling, high-quality songwriter since Bob Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, Joni Mitchell, John Fogerty, and Elvis Costello.

This is jaw-dropping excellence. What an amazing musical creator (lyricist and melodist) and what an admirable soul this young woman possesses! 

I’m in a kind of quiet, appreciative awe about this remarkable musician. 

Spirits