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Hommage to Jozo: Three Poems
Jozo Boskovski the Macedonian poet left this planet on April 2nd of 2008. I will never forget him. Here are three poems in my translation.
I was so moved by the sprouting of this year’s set of crocuses that I wanted to write a poem about this wonderful flower. But I don’t have to. My dear […]
Posted: May 7th, 2011 under Poetry, Translations.
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The Pot and the Kettle and Katyn
or A Bit of Truth and a Lot of Lies.
In 1934, Hitler had the SS eliminate Emst Roehm and his SA minions. Roehm was a fellow-Nazi but Hitler’s rival. It often happens that men with the same or similar points of view oppose each other, not due to ideological reasons, but for the sake of […]
Posted: April 19th, 2011 under Poetry, Materialien, Political, Hypocrisy.
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The Way of the World
Herbert Kuhner
“I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda’s leaders to lay down their arms.”
- President Barack […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2011 under Poetry, Aktuell.
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Playing with Connie and Sam
I had the honor
of playing with Connie and Sam.
Connie sings the lyrics
as if they were her story,
and sometimes they are.
When you hear her sing
I Fall in Love too Easily ,
she makes you think
that it could be her story.
“I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too terribly hard
For love […]
Posted: November 24th, 2010 under Poetry, Jazz.
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Louis Prima
Herbert Kuhner
from Swing Man and Women
Louis
Louis played a fine Dixie horn
then he went on to swing
and he swung.
And what’s more,
Sing, Sing, Sing
is to his credit,
as well as other tunes
like Robin Hood
and Oh Babe.
Whenever and whatever Louis played,
he played pretty for the people.
This Louis,
like his namesake,
was good at scat
and got his act going
and went on to […]
Posted: June 7th, 2010 under Poetry, Jazz.
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Valie Export’s 70th
From Violence Under the Guise of Art
or Third Reich Recycling.
In 1977 Valie Export was brought to trial for having engaged in cruelty to animals and found guilty of having tied a canary to a perch. However the scalding of the birds with boiling wax, which had been filmed, came under the statute of limitations. […]
Posted: May 21st, 2010 under Polemics, Poetry, Aktuell, Dossier.
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Andy Warhol Self-Portrait Sells for $36 Million
Andy by Andy
There he is: Andy on canvas
with the hair of his white wig standing on end,
as if he had stepped on a live wire.
It’s worth millions.
You can’t prove that it’s great.
And you can’t prove that it’s not.
You can’t prove that it’s worth the tab
and you can’t prove that it’s not.
It’s all a matter […]
Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Poetry, Aktuell.
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