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【白秋はロックな詩人〜北原白秋「邪宗門秘曲(ロック)」】

  北原白秋、と聞くと、真っ先に童謡のイメージを抱く。しかも、金子みすゞと並んで教科書に載るような実に優等生的名作ばかりで、荒みきった小生には退屈で仕方ない。だから、長い間ノータッチだったのだが、ふと「邪宗門」という言葉に引っかかるところがあり、「青空文庫」を閲覧してみて仰天した。かくもキレキレの白秋にお目にかかるのは、遅まきながら初めてだったのだ。童謡のイメージが見事に粉砕された瞬間だった。と同時に、ロックビートが耳に蘇ってきて、それで朗誦することにした。詩人の若き時は、なぜこうも尖っているのだろう。歳を取り名声や勲章を手にすると、鋭さはなまってしまうのか。政治にしろ芸術にしろ、「みんなに愛される」のは、結局「誰にも愛されない」ことか。「嫌われ者」が理想?  When I hear the name Kitahara Hakushu, the first thing that comes to mind is children’s songs. And not just any children’s songs, but those impeccably “model-student” masterpieces that seem to belong in school textbooks alongside the poems of Kaneko Misuzu. For a jaded fellow like myself, they were simply too wholesome to be interesting.  So for a long time, I left Kitahara completely untouched. But one day, the word Jashūmon somehow caught my attention. I looked it up on Aozora Bunko—and was astonished.  This was the first time, late though it may have been, that I had encountered such a sharp-edged, dazzlingly intense Hakushū. In that moment, my image...

”π ~Pi" Happy 3rd anniversary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Mic!

π(Pi)

poem & music by POETAQ


3.1415926535 

What are you telling me?

About time & space.


8979323846

God's dice.


2643383279 

Paradise.


5028841971 

Apollo 14 landed on the moon's surface.


6939937510

Exchange rate.


5820974944 

Empire in decay.


5923078164 

Stock market decline.


0628620899 

Severed lifeline.


8628034825 

The number of deaths will rise.


3421170679

Suicide Prevention Site


8214808651 

Hold me tight.


3282306647 

More refugees worldwide.


0938446095 

Mephisto entices.


5058223172 

Good guys are erased.


5359408128

This password does not exist.


4811174502 

Hypocritical scientists.


8410270193 

Dove flag pirates.


8521105559 

Diabetic pies.


6446229489… 

Never-ending flight…








【Image Courtesy】

   ytsozaiyasan.com

   Photo by Peter de Vink(Pexels)

   Photo by Ahmed akacha(Pexels)

   Video by The Instagrapher(Pexels)

   Photo by Cats Coming(Pexels)

   illust-ac/photo-ac


*This piece was read as 【Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Mic Piece No. 50】at Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Open MIC, the 3rd anniversary. Thursday Night Version. (Mar 30 '23)


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