Since streets are uneasy because of the electoral fraud during July 28th, there isn't too much to do outside. One never knows when you might get stuck between a rock and a hard place with the mobs sent to disperse the opposition gatherings.
My best thing to do is to get back on the poetry wagon taking into consideration that I have slacked off after finishing my first book. There's a lot more stuff to read!
During the last weekends we have had the chance to attend some private conferences about Modernism in poetry. It has been an enlightening experience to learn more about some of the poets that marked the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. I'm talking about a lot of French poets such as Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Lautréamont, Apollinaire, Reverdy and some others poets from other nationalities like Whitman, Ungaretti and Quasimodo. The best part about learning more of the details, life and works of these personalities has been the keen insights provided by @josemalavem.
His views and commentaries of the poets is the main reason of going to this lectures. Each time we left the place after having listened to his analysis for over 2 hours, one could say there was another door of understanding being opened. A new path to follow into the real of poetry.
Going out of that, I'm still carrying this pack of books borrowed from @adncabrera. I have finished 2 of them. But reading poetry isn't like fiction or other kind of literature. The microcosm of a poem is something that needs a lot of thought. It's like trying to untangle a ball made of the same thread that's been spun over and over again. Only when you're over and done, you can advance to the next. Some poems aren't a big mess. Some have a guideline to help you make sense of them. And there are some that do not seem to have a way to start with the process.
I just think everything becomes easier the more you read them and reflect on the use of language, topics and other details in the poem.
It might not be the most exciting thing to do over a weekend, but it might lead to some interesting ideas to explore my own poetry. And that part is great for sure. At least for me!
And of course, I have a book of fiction among all poetry. That is my safe sport for whenever its been too many poems and my mind doesn't want to untangle more threads. Sometimes, you just want to have something that guides you from point A to point B without wanting to make too much out of the thing.
Yes, even poets get tire of poetry. How could we not? We are only human.
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I love poetry, as well as other readings, but poetry enriches the vocabulary in a very particular way, and I love it! Thank you Andrés!💗
Me alegro por tus lecturas. Espero poder tener algo de serenidad estos días para leer o dibujar. Un abrazo, @bertrayo