Macklemore may be looking for a come-up when he browses the thrift shop but the Bar None Group hits the bookshelves looking for dusty first editions and the off chance of discovering lesser known poets and their poetry. On a rainy day in Sarasota, Florida we found a volume of poetry from a local resident — Joan Armour Mendell.
Friday, March 28, 2014
On the Road in Florida: Loneliness
Macklemore may be looking for a come-up when he browses the thrift shop but the Bar None Group hits the bookshelves looking for dusty first editions and the off chance of discovering lesser known poets and their poetry. On a rainy day in Sarasota, Florida we found a volume of poetry from a local resident — Joan Armour Mendell.
Labels:
Florida,
Joan Armour Mendell,
Loneliness,
poet,
Reflections,
roadtrip,
Sarasota
Thursday, March 27, 2014
On the Road: Emma Wilson Emery's Lovely Louisiana
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Spanish moss haunt the trees in this Louisiana bayou. |
The Bar None Group literary roadtrip now heads east from Texas to Louisiana. Bridging the two states is Emma Wilson Emery. A native of Texas, Emery was the first Poet Laureate of Louisiana in 1942. A post she held until her death in 1970. Her best known poem Lovely Louisiana was once set to music by Oscar J. Fox — a "composer of cowboy songs."
Labels:
Emma Wilson Emery,
Louisiana,
Lovely Louisiana,
On the Road,
poem,
Poet Laureate,
roadtrip
Monday, March 24, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Finding Emily Dickinson in Texas
If its Friday this must be Denton, Texas. In the quest to escape the northern cold our spring break roadtrip finds us in Denton, Texas. In wandering the town square of Denton we came across Recycled Books and their sandwich board out front quoting Emily Dickinson.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
State of Mine
Labels:
anniversary,
poem,
road trip,
State of Mine
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Finnegan's Wake
Labels:
ballad,
Finnegan's Wake,
Finnegans Wake,
Irish,
James Joyce,
Sláinte,
St. Patrick
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Beware the Ides of March
The Ides of March — March 15. William Shakespeare wrote in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act 1, scene 2, 13–24 that Caesar best beware the Ides of March. And it was The Ides of March in 44 B.C. that Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate. Led by Brutus and Cassius, as many as 60 conspirators — including senators — had a hand in the death of Caesar who was stabbed 23 times.
But what informed Shakespeare that Caesar beware the Ides of March and just what are the Ides? First let's look at Shakespeare's famous passage.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
A Dream in Violet
Labels:
A Dream in Violet,
dream,
poem
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Chicago
Labels:
Carl Sandburg,
Chicago,
poem,
Poetry magazine
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Lent for Resolution
Labels:
Catholic,
Lent,
Lent for Resolution,
Mark Butkus,
New Year,
poem,
resolution
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Twelve Reasons Why Women Should Vote
To commemorate Women's History Month the Bar None Group takes a look at a popular handbill from the turn of the last century outlining twelve reasons why women should be allowed to vote. The pamphlet could just as easily be called "Because" and as a rallying cry for the suffrage movement it also reads as an effective poem.
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