[The following is part of an opera conceived and planned with composer Charlie Morrow but never finished beyond the first two scenes (shown here) nor ever put into production. Abulafia selbst (1240–c.1291) was a great mystic and master of a species of meditation that took the form, often enough, of a kind of mystical lettrism. In 1280, responding to a dream or vision, he set out for Rome to convert the Pope (Nicolas III) and to proclaim himself the Jewish messiah.
A two-day music and poetry event celebrating the work of the late Eric Mottram and the poet, Jerome Rothenberg.
About this event
From King’s College London Archives, home of the Eric Mottram archive, a weekend of poetry, prose and music marking the contribution to literature of Mottram and his circle, and celebrating the career of Jerome Rothenberg, poet, translator, and anthologist.
DAY ONE Saturday, 12th March, 10am to 9pm
Poetry and Sound Poetry with Jerome Rothenberg and Charlie Morrow.
[The following is a segment of a longer “conversation” between me and Dorota Czerner, to accompany her translations into Polish of poems of mine from Poland/1931 and Khurbn, to be published in the journal Chidusz, in Wroclaw, Poland, later this year. The discussion of translation and reverse translation (into Polish and Yiddish) may be of particular interest here. (J.R.)]
Poems and poetics