Day-88-Penpositive Reading Campaign-A Drunk, Embroiled Will; By the Israeli Poet Zelda
A drunk, embroiled, bleeding will that imposed itself on constellations, on the world’s secret, is blazing in my generation’s heart. Fettering the free, festive air, with a strict hand. The sun and the deeps are wheel horses on its farm. It is strange to be a woman, simple, domestic, feeble, in an insolent, violent generation, to be shy, weary, in a cold generation, a generation … Continue reading Day-88-Penpositive Reading Campaign-A Drunk, Embroiled Will; By the Israeli Poet Zelda
Day-88-Penpositive Reading Campaign-A Drunk, Embroiled Will; By the Israeli Poet Zelda
Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (June 20, 1914 – April 30, 1984) widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works. Penai (Free Time), her first collection of poetry, was published in 1967. With its emotive and contemplative images drawn from the world of Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, and Russian fairy tales, this collection established her reputation in the literary world. … Continue reading Day-88-Penpositive Reading Campaign-A Drunk, Embroiled Will; By the Israeli Poet Zelda
Day-87-Penpositive Reading Campaign-I Write Poetry Gentlemen; By the Spanish Poet Gloria Fuertes
Today on Penpositive Reading Campaign I read the poem ‘I Write Poetry Gentlemen’ by the spanish poet Gloria Fuertes. Gloria Fuertes (July 28, 1917 – November 27, 1998) was a Spanish poet and author of children’s literature. She was born in Madrid, Spain. Among her works for adults include Poeta de guardia (“Poet on Watch”), Sola en la sala (“Alone in the Room”), Historia de Gloria … Continue reading Day-87-Penpositive Reading Campaign-I Write Poetry Gentlemen; By the Spanish Poet Gloria Fuertes
Day-87-Penpositive Reading Campaign-I Write Poetry Gentlemen; By the Spanish Poet Gloria Fuertes
I write poetry, gentlemen, I write poetry, but please don’t call me poetess; I swig my wine like the bricklayers do and I have an assistant who talks to herself. This world’s a strange place; things happen, gentlemen, that I don’t disclose; they build cases, for example, yet never build homes for the poor who can’t afford them. And old maids are always having it … Continue reading Day-87-Penpositive Reading Campaign-I Write Poetry Gentlemen; By the Spanish Poet Gloria Fuertes
Day 86– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Mississippi’ By French Poet from Martinique, Aime Cesaire
Today on Penpositive Reading campaign I read the poem ‘Mississipi’ by the French poet Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008). Aime was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was “one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature” Aimé Césaire was born in Basse-Pointe, Martinique, in 1913. He considered himself of Igbo descent … Continue reading Day 86– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Mississippi’ By French Poet from Martinique, Aime Cesaire
Day-86-Penpositive Reading Campaign-Mississippi By the French Poet Aime Cesaire
Too bad for you men who don’t notice that my eyes remember slings and black flags which murder with each blink of my Mississipi lashes Too bad for you men who do not see who do not see anything not even the gorgeous railway signals formed under my eyelids by the black and red discs of the coral snake that my munificence coils in my … Continue reading Day-86-Penpositive Reading Campaign-Mississippi By the French Poet Aime Cesaire
Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra- Fremont Startup Grind Fireside Chat
Today was the first event by the new Fremont Chapter of Startup Grind as they hosted Manish Chandra, the CEO of the Fashion Marketplace Poshmark that provides you a fun way to buy and sell fashion. This is probably my first startup networking meeting after a gap of almost 5 years since I had removed my entrepreneur hat and I should say it is so good to be back … Continue reading Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra- Fremont Startup Grind Fireside Chat
Day 85– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Return Trip’ by the Argentinian Novelist and short story writer Julio Cortazar
Julio Cortázar (August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984), was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe. He has been called both a “modern master of the short story” and, by Carlos Fuentes, “the Simón Bolívar of the … Continue reading Day 85– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Return Trip’ by the Argentinian Novelist and short story writer Julio Cortazar
Day 84– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Between Going and Coming’ by Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet-diplomat and writer. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading Day 84– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘Between Going and Coming’ by Octavio Paz
Day 83– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘On Seeing Mudung Mountain’ by the Korean poet Seo Jeong-ju
Seo Jeong-ju (May 18, 1915 – December 24, 2000) was a Korean poet and university professor who wrote under the pen name Midang. He is widely considered as one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature. He was nominated five times for Nobel Prize in literature. Continue reading Day 83– PenPositive Reading Campaign – ‘On Seeing Mudung Mountain’ by the Korean poet Seo Jeong-ju
Vinod Narayan 