"In the Shadow of the Grass"

thrall shattered whispers
privations and heartsong
puree dark lungfish:
this time which eloigns
for rim mutiny

impossible victory
lieutenant rabbit Ubar



No, i wanted a big balalaika...


"...deranged by the eye of a wineglass
I pass. Am I the Pattycake Killer?"

--Bill Knott


Two critical terms from reading a recent book on Byzantine literature.

Aktualisierungsversuche: allusiveness to contemporary reality.

Amphoteroglôssia: double-tonguedness (via Tzetzes), or a making use of old and/or genre materials to say something different & new.
I also found his idea that the characteristic of B. literature was "genre modulation," relevant to today's situation.