Today's Headline: "How War Changed Vladimir Mayakovsky" This poem is composed of 90s references—indie music, films, books, pop culture, etc.—have fun finding all the Easter eggs!
Mikael Johani on "Chapel Hill" |
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"Almost one year before I read this poem, my dad found a hummingbird lying on our driveway. Although it looked dead, he picked it up and spoke to it softly until it flew off. This called that moment to mind and I realized that it was exactly what I needed to hear at a time when I wasn’t noticing things like birds. The most meaningful moments in my life have been centered around little things like hummingbirds and family, and this poem reminded me that even in a sea of unhappiness, just a moment with nature can make everything worthwhile."
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"How War Changed Vladimir Mayakovsky"
"But Mayakovsky also came to World War I with the impressions made on him by his childhood. This included growing up in Georgia, on the outskirts of the empire; the revolutionary unrest of 1905, which in his home country took an anti-colonial color; poverty and a hard life in Moscow; participation in the Bolshevik party, prison, and his first artistic experiments. He would end up at an antiwar position—but not before a fascination with odious and militaristic ideas."
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