The Congo and Other Poems, by Vachel Lindsay
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"[...]of conventional form: if both were more free, more individual, than their contemporaries, this was the expression of their Americanism, which may perhaps be defined as a spiritual independence and love of adventure inherited from the pioneers. Foreign artists are usually the first to recognize this new tang; one detects the influence of the great dead poet and dead painter in all modern art which looks forward instead of back; and their countrymen, our own contemporary poets and painters, often express indirectly, through French influences, a reaction which they are reluctant to confess directly. A lighter phase of this foreign enthusiasm for the American tang is confessed by Signor Marinetti, the Italian "futurist", when in his article on 'Futurism and the Theatre', in 'The Mask', he urges the revolutionary value of "American eccentrics", citing the fundamental primitive quality in their vaudeville art. This may be another statement of Mr. Lindsay's plea for a closer relation between the poet and his audience, for a return to the healthier open-air conditions, and immediate personal contacts, in the art of the Greeks and of primitive nations. Such conditions and contacts may still be found, if the world[...]".
The Congo and Other Poems, by Vachel Lindsay- Published on: 2015-03-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .23" w x 6.00" l, .30 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 102 pages
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Good rhythms + rhyme, but watch out for some racism By ankh fire Vachel Lindsay has a distinct, very rhythmic poetic style that is often used (and was often intended for) plays and dramatic performances. The first poem of this book, "The Congo," is his most famous-- if you happen to be familiar with the movie Dead Poets Society, you might remember the chant-like selection they read, "Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, cutting through the forest with a golden track." A great deal of Lindsay's poetry has this chant-like flow that makes them ideal for reading aloud. Be warned, however, "The Congo" has several very racist remarks, including references to the Africans as "savages." Keep in mind this poem was first published in 1914 (in fact, this book is an unabridged reprinting of that same edition) and much of the language used was common then. However, it is difficult to read with that state of mind in today's world, and if reading it might offend you, then don't (or skip to the other poems.) Don't let that detract from his gift of rhythm and rhyme and his many other beautiful poems, which are often inspirational and moving. Take, for example, this selection from "I Heard Immanuel Singing," about David singing to God: "No chant of gilded Triumph-- His lonely song was made Of Art's deliberate freedom; Of minor chords arrayed In soft and shadowy colors That once were radiant flowers:-- The Rose of Sharon, bleeding In Olive-shadowed bowers:--"Altogether, this is an inexpensive edition that would be ideal for a dramatic presentation or just for personal enjoyment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Delightful collection By Flying This book of poetry is a delightful. I particularly enjoyed the poem to Mary Pickford. It must have been exciting to be the first to experience the new art form of motion pictures. Anyone who enjoys well written American poetry from a writer who did much to promote poetry will do well to purchase this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. "Yet shall the fragments still remain" By Gulley Jimson Vachel Lindsay had some serious things to tell Americans: about our obsession with productivity, our neglect of the imagination, our destructive militarism and spectacle-like brand of politics. He also had some very beautiful and life-sustaining things to tell us that cannot be summarized in a list.As usual, America found a way to ignore the serious things he had to say, and instead turned him into an entertainer. They wanted only his "performance pieces" - the chanting and the music - without thinking about the content of his words. And so Lindsay was reduced, first by his public and then by literary historians, to a minor eccentric, a showman. And even on the back of this book, Lindsay's major contribution is identified as his recitations and instructions for chanting. He can seem like a distant and silly figure.Most books of his poetry, including this one, list "The Congo" (one of his chants) as his most famous and significant poem. It is not a maliciously racist poem, but it is definitely patronizing. When people look at all the nonsense vocables ("mumbo-jumbo will hoo-doo you" and so on) and the instructions for how to read the poem in the margins, I suspect that many of them will decide that Vachel Lindsay is not worth their time. This is certainly what I did at first.A little later, however, I found this book in a pile of sale books for next to nothing, and started flipping to the poems in the back. It is the only collection of Lindsay's poetry still in print. Other than "The Congo" and a few others, these poems contain no marginal notes and are entirely self-contained on the page. And they are beautiful, disturbing, fanciful, funny, strange, and entirely wonderful. I found one great poem after another, page after page, mixed with only a few that didn't speak to me.After a few days, I had read the entire book and it became clear to me that Vachel Lindsay is one of this country's true poets. He is our Blake: a great lyricist, a prophet, a denouncer - and yes, also a little bit of a nut. Forget his famous poems, the ones that are included in the Anthologies. They are not the heart of his achievement. Look at poems like "The Traveller-Heart" and "The Perfect Marriage," and all of those little moon poems in the back of this book (they are not so little as they first seem).There is a great deal more that is wonderful in his Collected Poems, but that book is out-of-print and expensive, so this will do for now. Early in his career, Lindsay gave his poems away to strangers in exchange for food and shelter, so it is fitting that his work survives now in the form of this cheap book, available for little more than spare change. It is worth your attention.The North Star Whispers to the Blacksmith's SonThe North Star whispers: "You are oneOf those whose course no chance can change.You blunder, but are not undone,Your spirit-task is fixed and strange."When here you walk, a bloodless shade,A singer all men else forget.Your chants of hammer, forge and spadeWill move the prairie-village yet."That young, stiff-necked, reviling townBeholds your fancies on her walls,And paints them out or tears them down,Or bars them from her feasting-halls."Yet shall the fragments still remain;Yet shall remain some watch-tower strongThat ivy-vines will not disdain,Haunted and trembling with your song."Your flambeau in the dusk shall burn,Flame high in storms, flame white and clear;Your ghost in gleaming robes returnAnd burn a deathless incense here."
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