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A Saturday Song with Nina Simone
You got trouble in mind? Are you blue? Well, you won’t be blue always. Gonna keep this one simple, because maybe you need a little uplift like I did tonight. As I was heading home from the job I have to do, looking forward to some rest before going to the job I love to…
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One Perfect Thursday Love Poem, with Dorothy Parker
We’re due for another Thursday Love poem feature, and so in the spirit of “Thursday,” a sort-of love poem by one of my poetic heroines, Edna St. Vincent Millay, I give you a piece from another New York mistress of words and wit, Dorothy Parker. If you’re not familiar with the Thursday Love Poem feature,…
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Sterling Brown Still Speaks
I have to avoid the comment sections lately (see word to the wise below), but these last ten days of US news have been very disturbing to say the least. Not too far in the past one of my own sons was questioned by police officers while he and his friends stood on a curb…
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Fun with Metrics? I Certainly Hope So
Oops! I just noticed as I looked two posts back that I had promised to share the poems we went over at the last Cross Keys Poetry Society gathering, and already the next one is upon us tomorrow night. So I’ll be brief and just share a few notes that I sent out to the…
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“Trouble Needs a Home,” by Tori Amos
A day late for a Saturday song, but what’s the point of letting the calendar rule us, right? I’m heading to Philadelphia in just a while to see Tori Amos in concert for the second time. I’ve had a few boyfriends who really loved her music, but Brian took the time to introduce me to…
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Poetry Exercises: Words, Sounds and Imitation
I have been posting about the new poetry group that we’ve started at the local library where I find myself so happily employed. Please click back to the last couple posts for a lot more info. And I thought I’d mention this to you, see if you want to try it. It’s an exercise I’ve…
