I like lyric better than epic.

It was epic.

(Laughter)

literally wave stead.

First, you have your epic heroes.

We met, and we talked, And it was epic, but...

But, heroes come in all shapes and sizes, depending on what needs to be dealt with.

There's the road stretching into infinity, bordered with lacy mists, favored by sentimental poets.

Not with much success.

But no one has so far succeeded... in singing an epic of peace.

In his old age, he has one more monster to face, one more threat that he must keep from his people, a dragon.

Many cultures, like the Acadians and the Syrians, adapted this Sumerian invention to create their own writing systems.

And come to the lyrical part, then ...

I want to leave you with a poem by Yusef Komunyakaa that speaks to transformation.

You know, the folk tales of Mahabharata and Ramayana, the two holy books, the epics that everything comes out of in India, they say.

And we were in conversation about how nothing had changed since the time of the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata.

These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of 'Hjckrrh!' from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock

a memoir.You know?

have decided to dedicate my time to writing a fascinating autobiography...

I knight thee.

One father, who had initially balked at his daughter coming out in such a choir, now writes songs for them.

Have you ever heard of a poet by the name of Tom?

(Laughter)

Actually, I have them on stage with me grapevines, magnolias truly stunning.

This is a simple declarative sentence.

No. I want to do this.

French Poem Etoile de la mer voici le lourde nappe

How's it going with your writing?

Poets write poems.

Present for the liberation of Dachau.

Because I'm an extension of my work, and if they love me, then they will love my work, and if they love my work, then they will love poetry, and if they love poetry, then I will have done my job, which is to transcend it to the world.

Verse

Arseny Tarkovsky's poems.

What's that poem?

I've got some French poetry here. Baudelaire....

It is a poem in Brazilian.

Shika are verses and 31 syllable poems.

This is a very good but very disconcerting poem and a lovely example of syilepsis.

The poet wrote many poems.

The teacher compared my poem with one of his.

He even wrote me poems. Love poems?

Basically I like short poems. Among them this poem was my favourite.

The story behind its creation goes like this

Here, listen to this.

Here's the Russian poet.