Poem: History
History No thing these days is as it seems, And ideas… well, don’t trust them. I pore over the all too human follies Of dynasties and revolutions, And create like…
essays, notes and poetry against cultural decay
History No thing these days is as it seems, And ideas… well, don’t trust them. I pore over the all too human follies Of dynasties and revolutions, And create like…
Demi-fous. Mazeland. Dazeland. Driftland. Incipient lunatics. Hysterics. Neurotics. Carriers of latent brain disease. Neurasthenia. Sufferers of high prevalence disorders. People with shattered nerves. Stressed out kittens. The traumatised. The burnt ones.…
In September last year I delivered a paper to a conference sponsored by a major research centre on the history of emotions. It was a step away for me from…