Respectfully,
Darren Addy
Kearney, NE
On Friday, June 14, 2019, Henk Terhell <hterh...@chello.nl> wrote:
> Thanks Igor for this poetic contribution to my picture.
>
> I much like Ken's Glacier Bay Patterns.
>
> Henk
>
>
> Op 2019-06-14 om 05:10 schreef Igor PDML-StR:
>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, I seldom comment PUG photos; I just enjoy viewing them...
>>
>> Henk's photo
>> http://pug.komkon.org/19jun/slides/Terhell-hiding-IMGP2534-3.html
>> brought up in my mind a poem by Joseph Brodsky "1867" from his poetic
>> set
>> "Mexican Divertimento".
>> Talking about turbulent Mexico in 1867, he wrote (my non-poetic
>> translation from Russian):
>> "... and every skull in bushes has three eyes...(and a luxuriant tuft
>> of
>> grass growing from each of them)" (referring to a bullet hole as the
>> "3rd
>> eye")
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don't have the English version of it on hand, so, I
>> don't remember how Brodsky translated this himself.
>>
>> Igor
>>
>> PS. I've just found some translation by Lev Loseff and Barry Scherr:
>> ... Especially here, in the tropics, where death, alas,
>> Is being spread like infection by flies
>> or like a well-turned phrase in a cafe,
>> and where skulls in the bushes always have three eyes,
>> with a rank tuft of grass in each."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:24 AM Brian W wrote:
>>
>> 'evening all
>>>
>>> Sorry about the late compilation of this month's galley but there's a
>>> lot
>>> to like there. Worth the wait :-)
>>>
>>> View here:
>>>
>>> http://pug.komkon.org/
>>>
>>> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery
>>> there).
>>>
>>> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's
>>> not
>>> infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
>>> gallery,
>>> let me know.
>>>
>>
>>
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