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National Poetry Month, day 3: John Donne
From a collection of love poetry that I own, an offering by John Donne. “The Good-Morrow”, by John Donne I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked … Continue reading
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National Poetry Month, day 2: Peter Halstead
A poem about yesterday’s birthday composer: “Rachmaninoff” by Peter Halstead On top of fluted spines Between the massing pools Of dark chromatic lines And using blood for fuel Follow all the signs And signatures Read the fine print On the flapping … Continue reading
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Poppity pop pop pop!!!
Way back in prehistory, we–that is, The Wife and I–decided that our love of popcorn needed to be treated more seriously, so we took our leave of the microwave popcorn that had been our main means of popcorn consumption for … Continue reading
Sergei Rachmaninoff at 149
I was going to spend this month writing about, among other things, composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, who was born on April 1, 1873. Then I did the math and realized that a whole month-long focus on Rachmaninoff might be a better … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, day 1: Seamus Heaney
I want to post a poem each day this month! Here is the first, a poem about writing poetry, by Seamus Heaney. Note how he compares his own work–writing, with the pen as his tool–with that of his father, who … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
If you’ve seen the great movie Amadeus, you may recall a scene toward the end when Salieri, having driven poor naive Mozart to his literal deathbed, takes him home after he collapses during a performance of The Magic Flute, and then–under the … Continue reading
Baineses need not apply
Apparently if your first, middle, or last name is Lyndon, you get free admission to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library. Generations of people named “Baines” are vexed by this, I imagine!
Tone Poem Tuesday
William Grant Still wrote a suite for solo piano called Three Visions, consisting of three short movements. A program of sorts exists for the work, according to Still’s daughter: “Three segments of the suite, Dark Horsemen, Summerland and Radiant Pinnacle, tell … Continue reading
Spring in the 716
Here’s the scene in my back yard, Sunday, March 27: Ayup. It’s funny about this area: we always get snow this late in the year. One recent year we actually got snow on Mother’s Day, which is still six or seven weeks … Continue reading
Two quotes
Here are a couple of brief quotes from two different teevee shows, both of which (the quotes, that is) have been on my mind this week: “Why are we still talking about this?” (Captain Mal Reynolds, FIREFLY) “You’ll have doled … Continue reading →