A vast radiant beach And a cool jeweled moon. Couples naked race down By its quiet side, And we laugh like Soft mad children Smug in the wooly Cotton brains of infancy. (The Doors, “The Ghost Song”…) Continue reading And a Cool Jeweled Moon…
“And the rain falls gently on the town” is the English translation of a verse by Arthur Rimbaud (“il pleut doucement sur la ville“) that Jim Morrison included in a not very popular song of his, “The Hill Dwellers”. When one reads Morrison’s lyrics, it is noticeable that Rimbaud immensely influenced one of the most … Continue reading And the Rain Falls Gently on the Town…
