Thursday, November 30, 2017
The Genius of Mark Twain
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drunk,
Genius,
Mark Twain,
poem
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
And So I Waver from the Pen of Tom Kauwling
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And So I Waver,
poet,
roadtrip,
Tom Kauwling
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
The Many Poems of Nikolai Tjongarero
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A portrait of the poet... |
Man...
see I've scripted many poems for women
that will never know those pieces were meant for them,
for the mere fact that they told me I wasn't meant for them ...
but now they keep asking who I wrote them for and
my heart forces my mind to tell them lies
which cover-up the truths stuck within the grains
floating in and out of the shadows of time.
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#GetFamiliar,
China,
Many Poems,
Namibia,
Nikolai Tjongarero,
The Ground's Ear,
Windhoek
Monday, November 27, 2017
Quaint Sayings of Uncle Jeff: On Choice of Companions
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Water finds its own level. |
Uncle Jeff ruminated on thoughts and themes from sorrow to happiness at the turn of the last century. His niece, Iva, noted nine such sayings. As a young woman of 26 in 1929, Iva was determined to collect and write down the quaint sayings of her Uncle Jeff for posterity's sake. She wrote down his homespun adages within the pages of her second-hand copy of Three Centuries of American Poetry and Prose.
As we come upon the holiday season we look at what Uncle Jeff had to say about companions...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Frank Bidart Wins 2017 National Book Award for Poetry
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The cover of Frank Bidart's's winning "Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016." |
Frank Bidart has won the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry. In a ceremony tonight in New York City, Bidart beat out a stellar group of finalists to claim the National Book Award for his career encompassing collection volume of poetry — Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers).
Library Way: Marianne Moore and the Enchanting Mind
There are many stories behind the writers, poets and artists that adorn the plaques on Library Way in New York City. Marianne Moore (1887–1972) has the distinction of having been employed by the New York Public Library, one of the sponsors of Library Way. Her tenure as a part-time librarian at NYPL began in 1921, the same year her first volume of poetry, Poems was published. Without her permission.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Poet Jean Toomer is 50th Inducted into the American Poets' Corner
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The Poets' Corner, dedicated to American Literature honors poet Jean Toomer in 2017. |
The poet Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was inducted into the American Poets' Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on Sunday November 12, 2017. The ceremony began with a reading of November Cotton Flower by Poet in Residence Marilyn Nelson.
Toomer's literary output does not compare to past honorees but then again few American writers have been able to capture the essence of a people in a particular moment in time as Toomer did with the publication in 1923 of his incomparable book of poetry, Cane.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Un Poema anónimo para el Día de los Muertos
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autor anónimo,
Día de los Muertos,
poema
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