OuLiPo

The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club

Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…

2 years ago

The Intersectional Cellar Door

I once shared the idea that 'cellar door' was considered by some to be the most beautiful sounding phrase in…

2 years ago

An Odd Couple

Two poets in a muddle. Or rather two poems. John Ashbery's A Mood of Quiet Beauty (from April Galleons 1987) meets…

3 years ago

Crime Past, Crime Present, and Crime Future

 Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…

4 years ago

The Seduction of Sir Knack-a-Rib

OuLiPo meets Anapestic Tetrameter and the mad, bad and dangerous to know Bored Lyeron (If you feel you must read…

4 years ago

Daffodils Nodding in the Cheese

Daffodil:  good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. - from the surrealist dictionary definition generator.  Windy today so lots of daffodils nodding…

4 years ago

One Month in The Year of Living Hunkered

February came and went. As Februarys do. As we approach the anniversary of "the year of living hunkered" in what…

4 years ago