Monthly Archives: April 2020

A Poetical Excursion: “Love Has Seven Names” by Hadewijch

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I read this poem–translated from the original Dutch–in my copy of World Poetry. I had never heard of Hadewijch before, so I did a little digging. It turns out that’s about all one can do. Very little is known about … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

How about some film music today? And some John Williams? Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can is one of his more underrated movies, it seems to me; it doesn’t come up in conversation all that much, but I think … Continue reading →

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Poetical Excursion: A poem about overalls!

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

So, something cheerful…I’m going to try to post more of that sort of thing over the next few weeks, I think. The world has darkness a-plenty and I’ll be occasionally writing about that, too. But here’s a poem I found … Continue reading →

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The Era of the Virus, one month in

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

First off: thus far, everyone at Casa Jaquandor is fine. So, as of this writing, we’re roughly one month or so (however you choose to measure such things) into Covid-19’s grip on American life. This is roughly about when, in … Continue reading →

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Poetical Excursion: Edna St. Vincent Millay and Beethoven

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I won’t post a poem each day of this National Poetry Month, but I’ll try to do so as often as I can! Here’s one I found in a collection of music poetry I have, which fits right in with … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday (Thank you, Adam Schlesinger)

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Singer and songwriter Adam Schlesinger has died of complications from Covid-19. He was an amazingly prolific singer and songwriter who worked on his own material with his own bands, as well as songwriting for movies and teevee. I’ve heard a … Continue reading →

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April is here, and so am I

Posted on April 2, 2020 by ksedinger

Greetings, programs! Last time I checked in I was gearing up to do a burst of edits for The Savior Worlds, as part of my effort to get it release-worthy for launch in May. Well. As I’m sure you’re all well … Continue reading →

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Poetical Excursions, National Poetry Month 2020: Thomas Nashe

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

National Poetry Month is upon us. At last–at long, long, long last–it is finally April. This March was…something, wasn’t it? In fact, there’s a joke going around online; I’ve seen a number of variations on the theme and I’ve no … Continue reading →

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