On Work
I sometimes say "I want to work till I die", and people take it to mean that I want to "hustle forever" or "be a wage slave forever" etc. This is, of course, not what I…
poetry
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Oh captain my captain, or a look back at John Keating
At some point, Robin Williams will be forgotten, but not today. There are numerous movies of his which have influenced me a lot, and it would take too long to mention them, especially since my list wo…
Poetic Engineering
I stumbled upon this by an extremely oblique reference: an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, on "The Philosophy of Composition". Now if you were laboring under the impression that poetry is composed…
The ironic poetry of The Grand Budapest Hotel
I saw the movie when it came out, and then for a second time last month, with my parents. If you've seen it, you might have found yourself wondering, "what's up with those poem fragments?…