Louis MesserēaGreat leveller Great seeker Cutting through the leeching growths The warring youths With a thousand verses on their lipsAug 27Aug 27
Louis MesserSpaces of meaningBarthes’ The Death of the Author may be a tired piece, picked to death by countless vultures of literary and philosophical criticism. Tired…Jul 17Jul 17
Louis MesserLeavingI am coming now to the end of my life as an undergraduate. The end of a certain, and rather strange, phase of my life to which I will not…Apr 221Apr 221
Louis MesserValentineIn the cottage comfort Cosy by the humming stove Wrapped in coming slumber Simple treasures in the troveFeb 161Feb 161
Louis MesserLawlePhilosophy is frustrating. The results it delivers are limited, and scarcely appear. More often than not, investigations lead to the…Oct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023
Louis MesserDraw the pailStops and starts Forms of definite shape and quantity Beginnings and ends Perfectly mapped Pinpoints etched on the page Truth and…Oct 7, 20231Oct 7, 20231
Louis MesserThe beautiful unknownI have a problem with lists and rankings. Not quite an obsession, but a kind of preoccupation which presses itself upon various parts of my…Oct 7, 20231Oct 7, 20231
Louis MesserBridge of devotionI wonder through curling fog Its tendrils choking the gasping light Over glacial pathways Melting beneath my feet Certainty trickling…Aug 8, 20231Aug 8, 20231
Louis MesserThe Crimson HexagonIn ‘The Library of Babel’, a 1941 short story by Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentinian author describes a library which contains, in books of…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023