David Shapiro

Ur Poems: David Shapiro

by David Shapiro January 28, 2011 Music
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My first memory of my father is: “Hurled headlong flaming!”

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To Make Bach the Grund of Grundrisse and the Chaconne of a Shocked Shack

by David Shapiro March 15, 2010 Aesthetics
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Today I thought I should add my secret voice to your evaluations.
Your intelligence may be genius, but remember as my mother saids also always to be nice.
A seventh grade teacher consoled me when I was teased:
You can always tell the genius by the enemies who surround him.

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A Preface to a Blog: Auguries of Experience

by David Shapiro February 14, 2010 Art
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(image by David Shapiro ©2010) “Three coyotes turned up on the Columbia University campus on Sunday morning, prompting an e-mail alert to students and faculty.” A coyote is sweetness itself compared to a professor— and a professor is selfless compared to a poet— even the meanest sculptor is not as stupid as a University— a [...]

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