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National Poetry Month, day 4: Christine Turner Curtis
An odd road to this one: my last two years of college, I lived in a rented house with a roommate, and thus I was off the campus meal plan as well. This meant cooking. As a college student with … Continue reading
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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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 (National Poetry Month Edition)
Today is April 1, which means that it’s another National Poetry Month! This month, each of my Thursday music posts will involve poetry, either by direct setting or…something else. (What “something else” may be, I’m not really sure. It might … Continue reading
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Poetical Excursion: “The Ruin”, from the Anglo-Saxon
This poem is fascinating in that it seems to anticipate Shelley and Ozymandias by almost a thousand years. It describes in some depth the ruins of a Roman city, which has fallen into decay and disrepair, and juxtaposing that imagery … Continue reading
A Poetical Excursion: “Love Has Seven Names” by Hadewijch
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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Poetical Excursion: A poem about overalls!
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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Poetical Excursion: Edna St. Vincent Millay and Beethoven
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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Poetical Excursions, National Poetry Month 2020: Thomas Nashe
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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