Very few artists, poets and writers have had the audacity to contemplate the Cosmos. But John Lennon goes boldly, where very few artists have gone before. ‘Across the Universe,’ is a beautiful song; there also about four different versions of the it. Lennon wrote the song, and let it sit around for a couple of years. Many would say that it is psychedelic, like ‘Strawberry Fields,’ and ‘I am the Walrus.’ But I think the song is very much more influenced by Lennon’s forays into transcendental meditation, and has a very Eastern sound to it. The dreamy quality is undeniable, and lyrics stand out potently.

I do not know how old John was when wrote it. But he paints a very clear picture of someone gazing up at the stars, which is something very few grown—ups have, which gives the song, a genius, yet pure-child like view of the world. There’s an important stanza, which stands out for me in the song, which I think, is an incredible piece of poetry.

Like stated before, the song is definitely a Lennon song, and it didn’t matter who produced it, for all the versions nearly sound the same. And George Martin or Phil Spector saw no need to tamper with near perfection. For, there is no such thing as perfection in The Arts. But as far pop songs—this one massively superior.

Damion Hamilton is twenty seven years old and lives in St. Louis Missouri. He works in a warehouse you know, so that he can pay for stuff. He had few friends in high school; so he would spend his lunch hour in the school library reading Edgar Allen Poe and encyclopaedias. He didn't really become serious about writing poetry until he was twenty. That's when he read Arthur Rimbaud's, ‘A Season In Hell’ and he's been writing poetry ever since. He walks the streets, or drives around the streets of this city at night: seeing, hearing, feeling and thinking about things. Sometimes he's fortunate enough, to get these things down in a notebook or on a typewriter. To read a selection of Damion's poetry on the showcase section of this site, click here.

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