Nov 1, 2008
Amazon:
Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity
(Paperbound)
A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.
True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?
Part 2.1, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "In Lost Jerusalem," and the beginning of "A Temple Made With Hands."
Music by Kevin MacLeod.
A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay.
True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s?
Part 2.1, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes "In Lost Jerusalem," and the beginning of "A Temple Made With Hands."
Music by Kevin MacLeod.
I have come back to the part where I came in. Took me a long time, but I got there.
It\'s a lot more meaningful now that I went back and listened to the first part first.
Yep, \"A Temple Made With Hands\" has some of the more ugly imagery in the book. That would be a hard spot to start. Of course, I always have to start at the beginning of the books, myself. :)
Story time! That was wonderful.
Thanks for stopping by! Can\\\'t be saying \\\"Story time\\\" here, though -- I think Steve Eley has that trademarked. ;-)