A poet-knight upon his grave

A Steinbeck
Words
Archives

Then begins the staging of an interview
About words embodying a struggle
A resistance
Against the commodification of culture

Writings that, even today, propose a utopia
One of a society built on principles of cooperation
Where art is an integral part of this movement

In retrospect
A story
Of a man whose studies were interrupted
By the First World War

A war
That led him to question the values placed
On discipline and success

Then, brave people
Who each in turn recount
How these writings
Touched them, mobilized them
And how they have retained their relevance

As an epigraph
The poet-knight whispers to us

And so remains
An alert world
In a country that is no longer an island
Good night

Matthew Wolkow
Filmmaker and curious by profession

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