Monday, January 29, 2018
The Spirits of Anza Borrego
Labels:
Anza Borrego,
Cahuilla,
desert,
Kutya'i,
Rock House Canyon,
spirit,
Taqwus
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Not the Trump Inauguration Poem
Recalling a simpler time. |
Has it really been a year? A year ago today the legend of the Trump inauguration poem took hold. Like most things to do with the administration since January 20, 2017 things were not what they seemed.
The inflammatory poem was not commissioned to be read at the inauguration but "could" be read at the inauguration. The poem came with cues for the inaugural crowd to join along.
Friday, January 19, 2018
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Poesía callejera del Perú: Amor de Cusco
Labels:
Amor,
Cusco,
Emanuel Manrique Loayza,
Peru,
Sandra Salas Camacho
Monday, January 15, 2018
Civil Rights Memorial Mural Outside Selma, Alabama
Jonathan Daniels; Viola Gregg Liuzzo; Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Rev. James Reeb; Jimmie Lee Jackson. |
The Civil Rights Memorial Mural stands in the shadow of the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama. Painted on a wall along a strip of failed businesses, of failed dreams, it is a stark reminder of America's past.
A reminder of those who paid the ultimate price to advance the ideals of this great nation. Found in the windows of a row of boarded up businesses were a sign condemning the KKK and a more hopeful sign.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Walking the Symmetrical Path to the Sea
Russell Rosander takes us on a walk to the sea. |
In the preference of nature for symmetry,
Down the crooked line of the spine,
Hands and feet alternating,
Propelling me forwards
Between left and right,
Traveling between my two eyes
Along the dividing line between opposites
Through which all water and blood flows
Down to the sea.
Friday, January 12, 2018
La Tristesse par poète haïtien Coriolan Ardouin
Labels:
2010,
Coriolan Ardouin,
earthquake,
Haiti,
January 12,
La Tristesse,
poet
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Oakland Street Poetry: These Black Hands
Labels:
construction,
Oakland,
poem,
street poetry,
These Black Hands
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Tales by LeRoi Jones, Words by Amiri Baraka
"When I walk in the streets, the streets don't yet claim me." |
First Lines, Second Thoughts is a look at the first lines of well known literary works. On second thought, do these opening words stand alone as poetry? Today, we take a different approach. We look at the opening lines of a short piece of fiction — Words — by the Beat poet LeRoi Jones. Words is from a collection of short fiction entitled Tales that had it's first paperback printing 50 years ago in 1968.
Monday, January 8, 2018
On the Road to Graceland
Labels:
Elvis,
Graceland,
Memphis,
On the Road,
On the Road to Graceland,
Tennessee,
The King
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