Tag: Art
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William Stafford on the Moon and the Earth, and End of the World
I’ve been meaning to work on this reading for a while now, and it seems appropriate that I happen to be uploading it on one of the many days in our silly history that people were expecting the world to end. Alas, not yet. At the rate we are going, I wonder if mankind will…
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Proud Father Post #497
While I have been told by a certain brother of mine(whom I love, despite his naivete) that my liking “every single post” Monkey Prodigy makes is a threat to his credibility, I must point out that someone’s son has been writing some awesome poetry and doing some excellent writing about writing over on his blog…
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Billy Collins Pick Me Up
The title of this post, it should be noted, does not contain a comma. I am not asking Billy Collins to pick me up, though I imagine a car ride with the master would be fantastic. Maybe he’d compose poems out loud about the broken lines in the middle of the road, like enjambed lines…
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Poetry Under the Paintings Sampler #1
I know I have promised some upcoming video footage of our readings in Harrisburg last week at the Capitol and the Midtown Scholar, and it is coming, but I’m still sorting through video from our own local poetry event the previous week. And this morning I am off to work again. So while I work…
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A Witch Reads with a Prince, and Billy Collins Visits King’s
Not much time for updates this afternoon, as the news that one of my heroes, and favorite living poets, Billy Collins will be reading tonight at King’s College in nearby Wilkes-Barre, PA. I need to get ready to go and get on the road. I’ll be meeting up with Ann and Jody to carpool. So…
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Silly Star Poem at PUP for my Son the Monkey
You might have noticed that the Monkey Prodigy has been doing more and more videos lately, including some pretty fun poems. So I tried to read this one in his style. So often when the family is enjoying a day together Micah finds a pen and paper to write down some of the crazy things…
