Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Sherley Anne Williams: The Green Eyed Monsters of the Valley Dusk
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Longfellow's Evangeline — A Tale of Acadie
Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville, Louisiana. |
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like Harper's hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Library Way: Langston Hughes and a Refugee in America
"Refugee in America" is referred to as "Words Like Freedom" on Library Way. |
The poem on the plaque commemorating Langston Hughes on Library Way in New York City is identified as Words Like Freedom. A Google search of the title will come up with 201,000,000 results. Add Langston Hughes' name to the search and your total drops to 636,000 results. Google Refugee in America and you will see 2,680,000 results. Add Langston Hughes name to that search and your total becomes 140,000.
Friday, February 23, 2018
John Keats — Here Lies One Whose Name was Writ in Water
The grave of the romantic poet John Keats. |
The epitaph of the poet — a young English poet — John Keats is one of the most famous literary epitaphs. Died February 23, 1821 in Rome, Italy, Keats is buried in that city's Protestant Cemetery.
Keats' unmarked grave contains the following poetic epitaph that begins with words written by his good friend, the artist Joseph Severn and concludes with Keats own words:
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Death’s Echo by W.H. Auden is to Dance in Barra de Navidad
Labels:
Barra de Navidad,
dance,
Death's Echo,
poem,
W.H. Auden
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Artist's Easel: Legal Victory for 5Pointz Graffiti
5Pointz was a popular destination for graffiti artists until 2013. |
The "world's largest open air aerosol museum" known as 5Pointz was a beacon for graffiti artists in New York City until 2013 when the owners of the building in Queens whitewashed all the graffiti on the building. Graffiti artists sued and on February 12, 2018 a federal judge granted 21 graffiti artists an award of $6.7 million.
The following pictures capture a moment in time at 5Pointz before the art was obliterated.
Labels:
5Pointz,
Artist's Easel,
graffiti,
New York City,
Queens
Thursday, February 8, 2018
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