Tag Archives: Lou Reed

EIGHTEEN: TO ELSIE (pages 64-67)

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Mark Kerstetter

Poem XVIII, anthologized as “To Elsie” is one of Williams’ best. In the video below (the whole of which is well worth watching) at about the 39 minute mark Williams reads the poem, and this is followed by a few … Continue reading →

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Gombrowicz on Limits

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

Painting is one great resignation from what cannot be painted. It is a cry: I would like to do more, but I cannot. This cry is oppressive.—Witold Gombrowicz, Diary, Volume Two, p 49 “I would like to do more, but … Continue reading →

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Gombrowicz on Poets (the good)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

Today’s poet ought to be a child, but a cunning, sober, and careful child. Let him write poetry, yet let him be capable of realizing its limitations at all times. Let him be a poet, but a poet prepared at … Continue reading →

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Lou Reed: Power and Glory

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

Power and Glory—The Situation by Lou Reed I was visited by the Power and the Glory I was visited by a majestic hymn Great bolts of lightning Lighting up the sky Electricity flowing through my veins I was captured by … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in Public with Lou Reed

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

I had gotten used to the idea of a world without any more great Lou Reed albums. His public appearance after the liver transplant and a somber comment by Laurie Anderson suggested the end might be near. When it came … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Lou Reed

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

It’s somehow fitting that Lou Reed has passed away a few days before Halloween. Halloween is when children are introduced to evil as well as age, decay and death. It is sugar-coated, of course, so that they can begin the … Continue reading →

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