{"id":229645,"date":"2023-02-20T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T12:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=229645"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T10:34:16","slug":"saint-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/02\/saint-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"

14 Feb 2023 – <\/em>A whimsical poem to celebrate the love legacy of Saint Valentine, written by Marianne Moore 63 years ago, published in\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em> on 13 Feb 1960, dedicated by me to all of us who love poetry and dare to love love on Valentine\u2019s Day 2023.<\/p>\n

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Saint Valentine<\/em>
\npermitted to assist you, let me see..<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If those remembered by you<\/em>
\nare to think of you and not me.<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it seems to me that the momento<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0or compliment that you bestow<\/em>
\nshould have a name beginning with \u2018V\u2019<\/em>
\nsuch as Vera, El Greco\u2019s only<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0daughter (though it has never been<\/em>
\nthat he had one). Her starchy\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0veil, inside chiffon: the stone in her<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ring, like her eyes, one hand on<\/em>
\nher snow leopard wrap, the fur widely<\/em>
\ndotted with black. It could be a vignette\u2014<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a replica, framed oval\u2014<\/em>
\nbordered by a vine or a vinelet.<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Or give a mere flower, said to mean the<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0love of truth or truth of<\/em>
\nlove\u2014in other words, a violet.<\/em>
\nVerse\u2014unabashedly bold\u2014is appropriate;<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and always it should be as neat<\/em>
\nas the most careful writer\u2019s \u20188,\u2019<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Any valentine that is written\u00a0<\/em>
\nIs as the\u00a0vendange\u00a0to the vine.\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Might verse not best confuse itself with fate?<\/em><\/p>\n

— Marianne Moore<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Richard Falk is a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, Chair of Global Law, Faculty of Law, at Queen Mary University London,\u00a0 Research Associate the Orfalea Center of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Fellow of the Tellus Institute. He directed the project on Global Climate Change, Human Security, and Democracy at UCSB and formerly served as director the North American group in the World Order Models Project. Between 2008 and 2014, Falk served as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestine. His book,\u00a0<\/em>(Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance\u00a0(2014), proposes a value-oriented assessment of world order and future trends. His most recent books are\u00a0<\/em>Power Shift\u00a0(2016);\u00a0<\/em>Revisiting the Vietnam War\u00a0(2017);\u00a0<\/em>On Nuclear Weapons: Denuclearization, Demilitarization and Disarmament\u00a0(2019); and\u00a0<\/em>On Public Imagination: A Political & Ethical Imperative, ed. with Victor Faessel & Michael Curtin (2019).\u00a0He\u00a0is the author or coauthor of other books, including\u00a0<\/em>Religion and Humane Global Governance\u00a0(2001),\u00a0<\/em>Explorations at the Edge of Time\u00a0(1993),\u00a0<\/em>Revolutionaries and Functionaries\u00a0(1988),\u00a0<\/em>The Promise of World Order\u00a0(1988),\u00a0<\/em>Indefensible Weapons (with Robert Jay Lifton, 1983),\u00a0<\/em>A Study of Future Worlds\u00a0(1975), and\u00a0<\/em>This Endangered Planet\u00a0(1972).\u00a0His memoir,\u00a0<\/em>Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim\u00a0was published in March 2021 and received an award from Global Policy Institute at Loyala Marymount University as \u2018the best book of 2021.<\/strong>\u2019 He has been nominated frequently for the Nobel Peace Prize since 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n

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