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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Transtromered


Transtromered could be an yet unverified process of falling into a trance upon reading the poetry of Nobel laureate Tomas Transtromer.

When asked if poetry was for entertainment, Transtromer said,
[Poetry] begins in delight and ends in wisdom (quoting from Robert Frost). [Poetry] reclaims an awareness of the world (quoting from Allen Ginsberg). [Poetry] strikes the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts (quoting from Keats) and when power power corrupts, poetry cleanses. 
When asked what he wants to achieve through the medium of poetry, Transtromer said, that in poetry he is seeking a kind of meaning in being present, in using reality in making something of it and not seeking empty calories of superficial entertainment.

And here is Tomas' Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

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