E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

  Charles Bernstein reading in front of a Kandinsky Charles Bernstein , the major American poet-critic, has written a new translation of a Kandinksy poem. Or adaption. He has kindly offered it to Eyewear to publish online, with this accompanying photo, taken by Lawrence Schwartzwald . Song So sits a man In tighter loop In tighter loop Encircling scents What a fluke He’s got no ear Also missing eye. Blush of sound Sun goes round Senses won’t be found. What’s overthrown Now stands as home. No speech’s tongued The sung is song. So it's the man He’s got no ear Also missing eye Flush of sound Sun goes round Senses finely ground. After Wassily Kandinsky, “Lied” ( Klänge , 1912)