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09 Apr 01 - 09:21 AM (#436297) Subject: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Peter T. I never used to think of myself as worth much Until you came along. Just as the naked rock is made more valuable By carving and chiselling, Just as paper becomes worthwhile by All the scratches etched all over it, So, since I have been scarred by loving you I do not complain, I go as one Bearing a magic charm, your seal upon me -- made safe in every place -- Invulnerable against water, against fire -- Oh yes, I can make the blind see under your charm, and with my spit I heal everyone who is poisoned. -- Michelangelo Buonarrotti. (trans. Peter T.) |
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09 Apr 01 - 09:30 AM (#436302) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Jande Thankyou, Peter. That is very thought-provoking. Is this a contemporary poet? ~ Jande |
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09 Apr 01 - 09:31 AM (#436304) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Noreen That is beautiful, Peter. Thank you. Noreen |
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09 Apr 01 - 10:13 AM (#436341) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: GUEST,#1 And another irrelevant trivia, by Michelangelo's contemporary Pietro Aretino, for the first of Giulio Romano's postures, a mundane variation on the missionary method.
Let's fottere, my love, let's fottere, It it were proper to fottere after death,
Truly, if those truants hadn't eaten
But let's stop chatting. Stick your cazzo in
Don't leave out my balls-
[Translated (except for the important words) by Lynne Lawner.] |
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09 Apr 01 - 10:15 AM (#436343) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: GUEST,Matt_R Jande, Michelangelo Buonarrotti is THE Michelangelo, the sculptor/artist/demigod we all know and love. Sculptor Benvenuto Cellini claimed "That Buonarrotti always hovered over my work and told me what to do. One day I became ill of him and struck him in the nose with my fist. That is why to this day Buonarrotti has a crooked nose." |
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09 Apr 01 - 10:28 AM (#436352) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Jande Thanks, Matt! You are a wealth of information for one as ignorant as I... LOL! ~ Jande ;`) |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:52 AM (#436418) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Peter T. Thanks, Guest! Is there a Web site with the Romano series (serious question)? I seem to recall vaguely that all we have left are etchings and pale copies. Yes, Jande, the same Michelangelo -- he wrote many fine poems, especially later in life. yours, Peter T. |
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09 Apr 01 - 12:11 PM (#436432) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: GUEST,#1 No. And description is a bit fuzzy. The title is 'I Modi', Northwestern University Press, 1988 (large size paperback). So many supposed copies by others (mostly supplied) that it's hard to keep track of what's what. Original drawings supposedly by Romano, etched by Marcantaonio Raimondi, but it doesn't appear that any of the original ethings are known, and the illustrations from 'I Modi' look like woodcuts, and not terribly good ones. Aretino's 'sonnets' are given in facsimile (in Italian of course).
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09 Apr 01 - 12:15 PM (#436435) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Jande Oh, and Matt... I don't think an admittance of ignorance on a subject is a suggestion of stupidity, just acknowledging a lack of knowledge. Sorry if I confused you there. ~ Jande |
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09 Apr 01 - 12:17 PM (#436438) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: GUEST,Matt_R It's ok! Lol! |
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09 Apr 01 - 01:00 PM (#436467) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: GUEST,#1 Finally, the very last thing at the bottom of the end cover of 'I Modi': ISBN 0-8101-0804-6 |
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09 Apr 01 - 02:06 PM (#436523) Subject: RE: Poem for the day (April 9) From: Peter T. Thanks! yours, Peter T. |