Which poet is there for you when life gets particularly strange? Sorry Rumi, but it’s not you. Lately I’ve had cause to go back to <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein">Gertrude Stein</a> and her beautifully strange poem <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55268/christian-berard">Christian Bérard</a>.
Show notes
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kXxdKKeTI">Stein reading from Christian Bérard</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/let-us-describe.html">Let us describe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51215/a-carafe-that-is-a-blind-glass">A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55215/if-i-told-him-a-completed-portrait-of-picasso">If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Pablo Picasso</a></li>
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Which poet is there for you when life gets particularly strange? Sorry Rumi, but it’s not you. Lately I’ve had cause to go back to Gertrude Stein and her beautifully strange poem Christian Bérard. Show notes Stein reading from Christian Bérard Let us describe A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Pablo Picasso

Which poet is there for you when life gets particularly strange? Sorry Rumi, but it’s not you. Lately I’ve had cause to go back to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gertrude Stein</a> and her beautifully strange poem&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55268/christian-berard" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christian Bérard</a>.
Show notes
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kXxdKKeTI" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stein reading from Christian Bérard</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/let-us-describe.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Let us describe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51215/a-carafe-that-is-a-blind-glass" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Carafe, that is a Blind Glass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55215/if-i-told-him-a-completed-portrait-of-picasso" rel="noopener noreferrer">If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Pablo Picasso</a></li>
</ul>

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