Footprints
Written by James Ten Eyck
Narrated by James Ten Eyck and William Joule
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Footprints are a collection of poems that were either written or revised recently or recalled from work begun and lost fifty years before. Some recall pleasant memories of my beloved Veronica and some of her later struggles with ill health. She was born and grew up in Dublin and Ireland remained a special place for both of us. The DART from Howth to Greystones "tunnels under Queen V's crown and pops out for the view above Killiney Bay" where "the magic face of Ireland is found." We met and married in Syracuse. Events and places from that time are featured in some of the poems. Newtown Plus Five was written shortly after news coverage of the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre. An Elegy for One and Many commemorates the life of a friend of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue rampage who died during the same period of time. Many of the poems are written in traditional verse forms and rhyme schemes.
A number of poems reflect concerns about America: the face it presents to the world and the state of its democracy. Ode from a Colonial Bowl recounts a family history of its founding.
Flint where "once-upon-a-time America coursed through (its) leaden arteries to nurse its middle class." In Vietnam "we've grown old, some fifty years removed from when our universe was rolled into a white-hot ball," to find the common threads we shared in youth to pursue our common legacy. American Graffiti asks, "Can Cicero and Caesar coexist within republican constraint?"
Let Freedom Ring calls upon us to answer "the distant bells of freedom pealing " in Ukraine. The challenge is to understand how both poems can be compatible in our logic.
James Ten Eyck
Footprints est un recueil de poèmes qui ont été soit écrits, soit révisés récemment, soit rappelés d'un travail commencé et perdu cinquante ans auparavant. Certains rappellent d'agréables souvenirs de ma bien-aimée Veronica et d'autres de ses luttes ultérieures contre une mauvaise santé. Elle est née et a grandi à Dublin et l'Irlande est restée un endroit spécial pour nous deux. Le DART de Howth à Greystones "passe sous la couronne de la reine V et surgit pour admirer la vue au-dessus de la baie de Killiney " où se trouve "le visage magique de l'Irlande". Nous nous sommes rencontrés et mariés à Syracuse. Des événements et des lieux de cette époque sont présentés dans certains poèmes. Newtown Plus Five a été écrit peu de temps après la couverture médiatique du cinquième anniversaire du massacre de l'école de Sandy Hook. An Elegy for One and Many commémore la vie d'un ami victime du déchaînement de la synagogue de Pittsburgh, décédé au cours de la même période. De nombreux poèmes sont écrits sous des formes de vers et de rimes traditionnelles.Un certain nombre de poèmes reflètent les préoccupations concernant l'Amérique : le visage qu'elle présente au monde et l'état de sa démocratie. Ode from a Colonial Bowl raconte l'histoire familiale de sa fondation.Flint où "il était une fois l'Amérique parcourait (ses) artères de plomb pour soigner sa classe moyenne ". Au Vietnam, " nous avons vieilli, cinquante ans après l'époque où notre univers était devenu une boule chauffée à blanc ", pour retrouver les points communs que nous partagions dans notre jeunesse et poursuivre notre héritage commun. American Graffiti demande : Cicéron et César peuvent-ils coexister sous la contrainte républicaine ?Let Freedom Ring nous appelle à répondre aux "cloches lointaines de la liberté qui sonnent " en Ukraine. Le défi est de comprendre comment les deux poèmes peuvent être compatibles dans notre logique.
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