The beautiful thing about our modern times is that despite all the craziness, the bad guys no longer fully control the narrative. Five media companies controlling the narrative is no longer a thing. There is the possibility for a rebirth of culture, ideas and originality.
While many readers and listeners have been understandably rattled or disturbed by the nature of our own modern culture wars, with many decrying the dearth of genuine beauty and art, many have arguably become too absorbed in the mainstream “culture wars” to notice the many little sprouts of originality and promise making their way out of the ash and mud.
Join us for a poetry fireside chat where we explore some new timeless works of poetry and discuss the future of art and culture.
These are poems of mine in a similar same vein, in case anyone cares to read them. I call these poems my Fables... Step Into Starlight
by Michael R. Burch
Step into starlight,
lovely and wild,
lonely and longing,
a woman, a child . . .
Throw back drawn curtains,
enter the night,
dream of his kiss
as a comet ignites . . .
Then fall to your knees
in a wind-fumbled cloud
and shudder to hear
oak hocks groaning aloud.
Flee down the dark path
to where the snaking vine bends
and withers and writhes
as winter descends . . .
And learn that each season
ends one vanished day,
that each pregnant moon holds
no spent tides in her…
This is the text of my poem "Daredevil" in case anyone wants to read it the old-fashioned way: Daredevil
by Michael R. Burch
There are days that I believe
(and nights that I deny)
love is not mutilation.
Daredevil, dry your eyes.
There are tightropes leaps bereave—
taut wires strumming high
brief songs, infatuations.
Daredevil, dry your eyes.
There were cannon shots’ soirees,
hearts barricaded, wise . . .
and then . . . annihilation.
Daredevil, dry your eyes.
There were nights our hearts conceived
dawns’ indiscriminate sighs.
To dream was our consolation.
Daredevil, dry your eyes.
There were acrobatic leaves
that tumbled down to lie
at our feet, bright trepidations.
Daredevil, dry your eyes.
There were hearts carved into trees—
At the beginning of this podcast, David states that our culture is in a bad state at the moment because it doesn't encourage or promote great works of art. Then he states that he and Adam, through this series of podcasts, are attempting to address that shocking situation. Most importantly, he then states that great works of art are not something that are all back there in the past ... that they are also being created right now, but are being neglected in favour of trivial, 'more prosy' writings that lack any 'timeless' elements. Then he and Adam do a really good job of reading and talking about some modern poetry that is truly poetry and, therefore, will survive in…