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Author Archives: ksedinger
Something for Thursday (Conversation songs, 1)
I’m going to start something new here: a series within a series! For the next dozen weeks (or more!), Something for Thursday will be devoted to songs with a specific twist: the lyrics are one side of a conversation. The … Continue reading
May 4: Audrey, and Star Wars
Unrelated except by calendrical coincidence, it’s Audrey Hepburn’s birthday… …and, thanks to the pun May the Fourth be with you, it is also STAR WARS Day.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I got nothin’, folks. Today was complete shit. Here, as is my practice in such situations, is Franz von Suppe. Our conductor here (leading the Vienna Philharmonic in their 1990 (!) New Year’s Day Concert) is Zubin Mehta, who just … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, conclusion: How to build your poetry collection
So you want to read some poetry! As we have wound up National Poetry Month 2022, as a final summation I earlier reposted an older post about why it’s important for writers specifically to read poetry (besides the simple fact that … Continue reading
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National Poetry Month: Why Writers Should Read Poetry, part I
Reposting now that National Poetry Month is over, as a reminder to make poetry a part of your regular literary life, writers! The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State,And I hunched … Continue reading
First Spring adventure
Last Sunday, Cane (the Dee-oh-gee) and I went out for a Sunday walk in the park for the first time since December. Why no outings since then? Well, we got back from Oahu just in time for the weather to … Continue reading
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National Poetry Month, day 30: Wrapping up with light verse
‘Tis the final day of National Poetry Month for 2022! I always enjoy Poetry Month a great deal and come out of it resolving to read more poetry throughout the year, and even though I do read quite a bit of … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, day 29: Etheridge Knight
Etheridge Knight was a Black poet who lived 1931-1991. His rise to poetic prominence came via a book of poems he wrote while incarcerated for robbery, Poems from Prison. This ended up being a theme in Knight’s work, as he produced … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, day 28 AND Something for Thursday: “The Highwayman”
I’m just going to get out of the poem’s way today. Listen to Loreena McKennit’s classic setting afterward! “The Highwayman”, by Alfred Noyes PART ONE The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. The moon was a ghostly … Continue reading
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