{"id":187797,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/187797-there-is-no-life-or-death-poem-by-mina-loy-1914","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/187797","headline":"\"There is no Life or Death\" || Poem by Mina Loy (1914)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no Life or Death, \u003cbr\u003eOnly activity \u003cbr\u003eAnd in the absolute \u003cbr\u003eIs no declivity. \u003cbr\u003eThere is no Love or Lust \u003cbr\u003eOnly propensity \u003cbr\u003eWho would possess \u003cbr\u003eIs a nonentity. \u003cbr\u003eThere is no First or Last \u003cbr\u003eOnly equality \u003cbr\u003eAnd who would rule \u003cbr\u003eJoins the majority. \u003cbr\u003eThere is no Space or Time \u003cbr\u003eOnly intensity, \u003cbr\u003eAnd tame things \u003cbr\u003eHave no immensity.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMina Loy\u003c/strong\u003e  (\u003c/em\u003eborn Mina Gertrude Löwy;  (1882 – 1966) was a Writer. poet, playwright, novelist, actress, designer, painter and a bohemian.  Loy was born in London, and she was one of the last of the first-generation modernists\u0026nbsp;to achieve posthumous recognition. As stated by Nicholas Fox Weber in the New York Times, \"This brave soul had the courage and wit to be original. Mina Loy may never be more than a vaguely familiar name, a passing satellite, but at least she sparkled from an orbit of her own choosing\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis poem is in the public domain\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"There is no Life or Death, Only activity And in the absolute Is no declivity. There is no Love or Lust Only propensity Who would possess Is a nonentity. There is no First or Last Only equality And who would rule Joins the majority. There is no Space or Time Only intensity, And tame things Have no immensity.Mina Loy  (born Mina Gertrude Löwy;  (1882 – 1966) was a Writer. poet, playwright, novelist, actress, designer, painter and a bohemian.  Loy was born in London, and she was one of the last of the first-generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. As stated by Nicholas Fox Weber in the New York Times, \"This brave soul had the courage and wit to be original. Mina Loy may never be more than a vaguely familiar name, a passing satellite, but at least she sparkled from an orbit of her own choosing\".This poem is in the public domain","published_at":"2026-04-23T03:58:00-07:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T17:29:40-08:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos 365. View their photo published Apr/23/2026 on Books, Literature . Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/34vnN2vYRs6HhzJyFSH4_Mina_loy.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Books, Literature ","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/913-books-literature"},{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/187797-there-is-no-life-or-death-poem-by-mina-loy-1914","headline":"\"There is no Life or Death\" || Poem by Mina Loy (1914)","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/34vnN2vYRs6HhzJyFSH4_Mina_loy.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-04-23T03:58:00-07:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Books, Literature ","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/913-books-literature"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}