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"Nessun Dorma" Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

Play the Game of Love 2

Jugar el juego del amor 2

But at my back I always hear time’s winged chariot hurrying near  And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity To His Coy Mistress

Pero a mi espalda siempre oigo El carro alado del tiempo acercarse veloz Y más allá de todo ante nosotros yacen Desiertos de vasta eternidad A Su Recatada Señora

Andrew Marvell (1681)

So

In a sense, Andrew Marvell, the poet of “To His Coy Mistress”, wrote John Milton’s Paradise Lost too. Marvell (1621-1678), was secretary and apprentice to Milton (1608-1674), who went blind at old age. Milton dictated Paradise Lost to Marvell in prison, where Milton, the once teacher in London, was sent upon the Restoration for writing against the government and for his role in the fall of Charles I and the rise of the Commonwealth.

En cierto sentido, Andrew Marvell, el poeta de “A su recatada dama”, escribió también el Paraíso Perdido de John Milton . Marvell (1621-1678) fue secretario y discípulo de Milton (1608-1674), que se quedó ciego de mayor. Milton dictó el Paraíso Perdido a Marvell en la cárcel, a donde fue enviado tras la restauración por escribir contra el gobierno y por su papel previo en la caída de Carlos I y el auge de la Commonwealth.

Andrew Marvell statue, Trinity Square, Hull, England

Play the Game of Love 1

Jugar al juego del amor 1

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Sonnet 18

¿He de compararte a un día de verano? Tú eres más adorable y más plácida. Rudos vientos agitan los brotes de Mayo y el estío termina pronto su periodo. A veces brilla el sol con demasiado fuego y a menudo se vela su dorado semblante. A veces la belleza declina de su estado, por causas naturales o causas imprevistas. Mas tu eterno verano, jamás se desvanece, ni perderá su instinto de tener la hermosura, ni la Muerte se jactará de perderte en la sombra, Cuando crezcas con el tiempo en mis versos eternos. Mientras los hombres puedan respirar y los ojos puedan ver vivirán mis poemas y a ti te darán vida. Soneto 18

William Shakespeare



Thomas Kyd (1558 – 1594), Cristopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593), and William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) enjoyed a reputation as poets, dramatists, and translators. Also as lovers, braggers, and barflies.

Add a C.V. of arrests, blasphems, libels... and mystery about real identity.

A Thomas Kyd (1558 – 1594), Cristopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593), and William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) los precedía fama de poetas, dramaturgos y traductores, también de seductores, fanfarrones y borrachos.

Súmese un currículo de arrestos, blasfemias, libelos...  y misterio acerca de la identidad real.

The Power of Love

El poder del amor

Heavenly love. Next posts devote to the game of love.

Marie, may your ship take you to the Valhalla

Marie Frediksson, que tu barco te lleve al Valhalla

@TheRealRoxette @ABBA @swedense

I have the lyrics in me and your voice like a howl in my soul, the vibe and the feel. Forever, Marie. We'll never die, none of us will be left behind to walk alone. We age.
Tengo las letras dentro, y tu voz como aullido en el alma, tengo la vibración y el sentimiento. Para siempre, Marie. Nunca moriremos, a ninguno de nosotros dejaremos atrás para que camine solo. Cumplimos años.
Tempus non fugit irreparabile.

Cyberbullying Sulli - Ciberacosando a Sulli

K-Pop singer Sulli found dead yesterday at age 25

Hallada muerta ayer la cantante K-pop de 25 años Sulli

Tiredness, exploitation, depression. The pressure to be young forever, to lose weight, to look girly, to be beautiful, to do drugs, to live in the spotlight ...

Agotamiento, explotación,... La presión de ser siempre joven, de perder peso, de parecer una niña, de ser bella, de las drogas, de vivir bajo los focos...

In the age of Survaillance capitalism, what do the Koreans think of going braless?

En la era del capitalismo de vigilancia ¿qué piensan los coreanos de ir sin sujetador?

@shoshanazuboff @KpopKfans @KPopandKdrama @k_popped @KPopVibe_Store @AffxtionGlobal

EDIT

Hana Kimura, wrestler, Japanese. 09/03/1997-05/23/2020

photo: the internet n.d./n.a.

200 Page Likes in Facebook. Thank you

A 200 personas les gusta Star Blast Game One en Facebook. Gracias.

Get your copy of Star Blast Game One in Amazon

Don't be cruel

NOTICE

Aunque no es fácil llegar a él, los lectores pueden comprar ya el libro impreso Star Blast Game One en amazon.com (donde aparece en "stock") y en amazon.es u otros mercados (donde aparece en pre-venta) desde ayer por la mañana. Ebook (ASIN: B07MKBK86S) y edición impresa (ISBN-10: 1728699398 o ISBN-13: 978-1728699394) no están conectados tampoco.

En todo caso, Amazon está solucionando el problema. Avisaré de nuevo cuando esté resuelto.

Though not easy to reach, readers can buy the print book Star Blast Game One in amazon.com (where it appears "in stock") and amazon.es or others (where it appears in "pre-sale"!) since yesterday morning. Ebook (ASIN: B07MKBK86S) and paperback (ISBN-10: 1728699398 or ISBN-13: 978-1728699394) are not linked either.

Currently, Amazon is fixing the problem. I will report again when done.

In Review

Star Blast Game One has been submitted for publishing and is currently in review. All titles are typically reviewed and published by Amazon within 72 hours. Review times vary and may take longer if publishing rights need to be verified. Therefore, we'll have to wait a little more for the paperback.

The impossibility of sainthood, Rock (2)

The Weight by the Band

(Rock, the sainthood-seeking errand reptile in a pilgrim's progress)

"From its very conception, then, "The Weight" taps into both the spiritual and the real. It chronicles the increasingly complex trip of a sainthood-seeking errand boy—a do-gooder pilgrim who finds his progress hindered by a cast of curious characters. But these characters were pulled from the streets of Fayetteville and Turkey Scratch, not from the New Testament. The temptations, complications, and growing burdens of the narrator's errand were proffered not by visitors from the other side, but from the common-yet-fantastic characters who walk life's very real streets.

Inspired by Buñuel but populated by Arkansans, the song is most simply about the burdens we all carry. The "weight" is the load that we shoulder when we take on responsibility or when we try to do good. But it's also the heaviness that presses down on us when we fall into "sin" or wrestle with "temptation." (from Shmoop.com)

The impossibility of sainthood, Rock (1)

The Weight by the Band

(Rock, the sainthood-seeking errand reptile in a pilgrim's progress)

"From its very conception, then, "The Weight" taps into both the spiritual and the real. It chronicles the increasingly complex trip of a sainthood-seeking errand boy—a do-gooder pilgrim who finds his progress hindered by a cast of curious characters. But these characters were pulled from the streets of Fayetteville and Turkey Scratch, not from the New Testament. The temptations, complications, and growing burdens of the narrator's errand were proffered not by visitors from the other side, but from the common-yet-fantastic characters who walk life's very real streets.

Inspired by Buñuel but populated by Arkansans, the song is most simply about the burdens we all carry. The "weight" is the load that we shoulder when we take on responsibility or when we try to do good. But it's also the heaviness that presses down on us when we fall into "sin" or wrestle with "temptation." (from Shmoop.com)

Boson and Lucy's story

Elvis Presley - You Were Always on My Mind - 1972

Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco - 1967

Written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas to promote the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. In central Europe, young people adopted "San Francisco" as an anthem for freedom, and it was widely played during Czechoslovakia's 1968 Prague Spring uprising against Soviet rule. The song has been featured in several films, including Frantic, The Rock, and Forrest Gump. 

(subtitleman, Youtube and Wikipedia)