Peter Murmann

Starded reading The Catcher in the Rye and I am lovin’ it. You sense clearly on the first couple of pages that Salinger has invented a new voice back in 1945.  The voice of still feels fresh and strong.  Update: December 6, 2010. I finally finished reading this 192 page book yesterday. My fall [Read More]

This Night Only by Kenneth Rexroth [Eric Satie: GYMNOPÉDIE #1] Moonlight   now   on Malibu The winter night   the few stars Far away   millions   of miles The sea   going on   and on Forever   around   the earth Far   and   far   as your lips   are near Filled   with the same light   as [Read More]

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”

—Goethe

Priests tell us that revenge is a base motive. But if your husband (or wife) cheated on you with a dozen of other people and you end up in tabloits for months looking like a fool, wanting to get even may be therapeutic. Elin waited to speak out until the divorce from her Tiger was [Read More]

Kiss the impossible hope that love will last. An end to looking as if for one glove. Swallow the sweet lust of fruit—one way a body can be pleased. Tell others why. Tell others nothing. Feel the tongue and how goodness and mercy can flow like a river from the north or how it can rage as only rage can and know there isn’t much to say after that. “What a [Read More]