The Portal of Lost Wanting

Dec 08 2011 ∞

SWEEET

John Kinsella follows Alice Oswald’s footsteps in stepping down from the Forward Prize in protest against its being sponsored by an investment management firm.

Oswald, who pulled her collection Memorial from the prize on Tuesday, believes that “poetry should be questioning not endorsing such institutions”.

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Dec 07 2011 ∞
“ Honour the gods and fuck properly
— Simon Jarvis

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Oct 31 2011 ∞
“ Don’t say: ‘Karma, Karma. My Karma has brought me like this.’ Exert. Exert. Do Purushartha. Do Tapas. Concentrate. Purify. Meditate. Don’t become a fatalist. Don’t yield to inertia. Don’t bleat like a lamb. Roar Om Om Om like a lion of Vedanta.
— Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati, 1937

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