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National Poetry Month, day twenty-four

We’re down to the last seven days of National Poetry Month, so why not a bit of the Bard? From Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.      Men were deceivers ever, One … Continue reading

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National Poetry Month, day twenty-three

Here’s a lovely poem about a train. Or is it? Still Life by Carl Sandburg Cool your heels on the rail of an observation car. Let the engineer open her up for ninety miles an hour. Take in the prairie … Continue reading

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Symphony Saturday

Another work by Anton Bruckner, this time his Symphony No. 7 in E major. After the 4th, the 7th might be the most familiar of Bruckner’s symphonies. It is the most Wagnerian in sound, right down to his use of … Continue reading

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National Poetry Month, day twenty-two

Wow, we’re coming into the home stretch. I wonder just what percentage of poetry can be accurately classified as “love poetry”. I assume it’s a pretty large percent, but who knows. It would be an impossible task to identify every … Continue reading

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The in-between spaces (on the passing of Prince)

One of the stranger parts of having been the kid in high school with very different interests from most everybody else is that whenever a prominent musician dies now, I can almost never join in the chorus of those who … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

Lynn shared this with me on Facebook. It originates from here.

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National Poetry Day, day twenty-one

This poem seems to be about one thing…but when you reflect on when it was written (April, 1919), you realize that it’s actually very much about something else. Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I … Continue reading

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A Moonlight Triptych

Taken in my backyard.

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Something for Thursday

I heard this delightfully, pompously British piece on the radio yesterday and promptly fell in love with it. Here’s the London Suite by Eric Coates, in a live performance. (Oddly, the applause at the end of the piece sounds tepid, … Continue reading

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National Poetry Month, day twenty

Poetry can be many things. It can even be political, as can be seen in this poem by Charles Bukowski. the con job by Charles Bukowski the ground war began today at dawn in a desert land far from here. … Continue reading

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