Tag Archives: paris

Marais Rendezvous – November 23, 1983 – Journal

August 25, 2024 – 9:43 am

Rendezvous Sasha at 7:00 Ma Bourgogne Place Des Vosges Her husband out of town___ Someplace to go Someone to meet___ 6:45 Leave the apartment___ Out on Rue de Deux Ponts Le nuit Light floats as bulbs Atop the street lamps___ The sidewalk Swept by a cold northern rain A good raincoat, gloves, beret Totalment Okay___ […]

By Peter | Posted in journal, PARIS, Poetry | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Swimming In The Seine 1985

August 3, 2024 – 6:37 pm

In the summer of 1985 I rode my Vespa 150 east from Paris along the Seine until reaching a strand of strand past Melun. The temperature was warm and I waded into the river. It smelled of algae, but I plunged into the waters. Not pleasant, but not unpleasant, then again as a child in […]

By Peter | Posted in Nature, PARIS | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A Bacchanalian Mirage

July 30, 2024 – 12:23 pm

Associated Press – Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept behind it Sunday. Da Vinci’s painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him. The scene during Friday’s […]

By Peter | Posted in Art, france, scandal, Sports | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Childcity, Aprilcity – Gregory Corso

July 26, 2024 – 1:37 pm

Baby City, April City, angel spirits hiding in the gates, poets, parasites in their hair, beautiful Baudelaire, Artaud, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, contemplate the night city – Whistleblowers and goalkeepers, Penalty of Montparnasse, mortal Notre Dame, contemplate the night circle, the inherited dome, Hugo and Zola buried together, harleccino’s death trap, the Seine breeds filthy sludge, The […]

By Peter | Posted in PARIS, Poetry | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Bastille Day 1789

July 14, 2024 – 1:11 am

2 July 1789 The Bastille – Paris The Marquis De Sade was in the stone fortress on charges of perversion. In the afternoon a prisoner cried from his window. “Ils tuent les prisonniers.” The guards subdued the inmate, but his words sparked a smoldering rumor and the rumor spread through the poor neighborhood awaiting a […]

By Peter | Posted in france, holiday, PARIS | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)