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derangedrhythms · 7 months

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Margaret Atwood, Power Politics;from ‘Hesitations Outside the Door’

#margaret atwood #power politics #hesitations outside the door #poetry #excerpts #o

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strykerlancer · 13 days

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— Margaret Atwood, from “Power Politics.”

#margaret atwood #Power Politics #words #poetry #literature #quotes #out of my collection #lit #abyss of words #quote

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elishanelsonfanacct · 11 months

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anne sexton, herman hesse (tr. damion searls), lancelot-graal (c. 1450—55), margaret atwood, thien-di do, huw lemmey, possession, will storr

#web weaving #parallels #comparatives #attachment #possession #desire #horror #huw lemmey #will storr #anne sexton #herman hesse #margaret atwood #andrzej zulawski #possession 1981 #power politics #poetry #quotes #fragments #words

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clarafordahwin · 11 months

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I liked you better the way you were // but you were always ambitious

They Eat Out by Margaret Atwood (from Power Politics 1971)

#how do i live a normal life after this #succession #shivtom #tomshiv #1.05 #4.10 #shut up clark #best of #power politics #will most definitely be making more of these. sorry margaret.

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words-and-coffee · 10 months

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If I love you is that a fact or a weapon ?

Margaret Atwood, Power Politics

#Margaret Atwood #Power Politics #quote #quotes #poetry

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weusedtobegiants · 11 months

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Can’t play it safe, can’t play at all any more let’s go back please to the games, they were more fun and less painful

Margaret Atwood, from Power Politics

#quotes #poetry #literature #poetry by women #margaret atwood #power politics #themes: untagged

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pg13judaskiss · 1 year

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Power Politics by Margaret Atwood (1971)

#poetry #margaret atwood #power politics

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blackswaneuroparedux · 1 year

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Augescunt aliae gentes aliae minuuntur....et quasi cursores vitai lampada tradunt

- Lucretius

Some nations rise, others diminish....and like runners carry on the torch of life.

#lucretius #roman #latin #quote #rise and fall of powers #britain #great britain #british empire #history #power politics #nation #nations #civilisation

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punkcaligula · 10 months

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Leonard Cohen, Beneath My Hands. In. The Spice-Box of Earth.

#poetry #leonard cohen #power politics #archive

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art-pop-ups · 2 years

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“Power Never Sleeps” by Dariana Arias©️

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Power never sleeps:

It remains officiously busy

eyelids never close

ears open

feet always moving…

It is like three red stars

standing on two red bars

on a white background;

when I tried to approach it

it became an obtuse architect

and built rigid towers

one-way streets

and dead-end labyrinths

until it got me lost…

It became too busy for its own sake

and sang lullabies

so all its neighbors would fall asleep;

and then it happened

that graveyard shift workers

dreamers

and insomniacs

gathered culture, convictions and economics

and with three basic materials

built a futon for Power to sit on…

But Power never sleeps

it daydreams

drinks coffee

and practices mindfulness

while sitting on its new futon;

and those who don’t get lost

while approaching it

get invited to join it:

clowns wearing no makeup

officials looking for missing ballots

noiseless party attendees

and lawless attorneys…

Collectively

lawless clowns & silent parties

make use of moralistic discourse

to keep Power in its rightful place

and them as it’s lawful companions

Of course!

But Power never sleeps

It just sings lullabies

And puts its neighbors to sleep.

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📸: @art-pop-ups

Washington D.C. at night. To the right, the Washington Monument, to the far left, the U.S. Capitol.

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derangedrhythms · 1 year

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Margaret Atwood, Power Politics; from ‘Hesitations Outside the Door’

TEXT ID: I should be doing something other than you.

#margaret atwood #power politics #hesitations outside the door #poetry #excerpts #o

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westeroswisdom · 1 year

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I think viewers were originally drawn to “Game of Thrones” because the series surprised viewers with an unexpected twist right away. In the beginning of the show, the creators tricked us into thinking Lord Stark was going to be the main character because he was set-up as the good hero of season one. When he was killed all his good intentions, along with our expectation that he would be the main hero in a high-fantasy epic, was completely turned upside down. In retrospect, I think viewers realized that he was politically naive and late to understand how palace power politics were being played. That ending also signaled that no matter how smart you are, how “good” you are, or how hard you try, it still doesn’t matter. No one is ever safe.

Professor Dorothy Kim in an interview at the Brandeis University publication BrandeisNOW.

Yep, if you’re naïve about politics and power, you could end up like Ned Stark – at least figuratively.

Ned was a n00b to the political scene and expected everybody to play by the book the way he did.

In politics you have to be aware that others will cheat and lie and play by their own rules if they think they can get away with it. The ability to anticipate and counter such behavior makes the difference between success and disaster.