Parc Monceau at lunchtime
In issue e find time to write amidst the hectic goings-on in a Parisian park
Parc Monceau:
runners run their laps; lunch
eaten on the benches. Some people
read a book, some discuss,
while I write.
In the city, even at lunchtime, the parks are a playground for everybody. Some people use their lunch break to go for a run, nannies and parents take their children to playgrounds, some take a breath of fresh air and some time to read, or chat with a friend. It’s a beautiful place to take your lunch and write some poetry. That’s what I did.
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Poetics in life
This is the trailer for a movie we saw last Sunday. A movie about saving a disappearing culture on the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific. It was a wonderful story of traditions, and rituals, and the power of language. We saw it at the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The global body that helps humanity save our cultural heritage. They had opened their doors to celebrate the European Heritage Days. At UNESCO, we saw several different expressions of cultural heritage. This movie, the Catalan Castells and more. It showed how we are all so different, yet so connected in seeking a sense of community.
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Poetry elsewhere
In a world where AI is allowing us to create new things by prompting a machine to delve into a treasure trove of data based on a prompt, the next step is to humanise that process again.
of fame is doing precisely that. Asking for input from other people, she creates wonderful poetry. Poetry that makes you happy, like this one, Voucher for Happy:
One of the many things I like about the world of onchain poetry (poetry published on blockchains), is the diversity and the beautiful collaborations. This poem, Twin Echoes, is just one example of a visual artist working together with a word artist to create something stunning. Enjoy Twin Echoes by Patrick Nwachukwu and Jennifer Philip.
Finding some calm, or a place just for yourself, sometimes means that you have to move. Be on the move. Go some place else. Or think back on how it was to move. Anyway, this poem by
is a wonderful write that takes you on a trip. Enjoy reading As a young man I was nowhere needed to be.:
Fantastic. Went to high school in St. Cloud and my girlfriend lived in Ville D'Avray. My wife and I return to France but spend almost all of it in the south.
Sounds like an enviably enjoyable afternoon.