A Poet’s Concert
Of the number of concerts I have gone to, one that stands out as one of my favorites was not of a singer/songwriter at all. Sekou Sundiata was completely unknown, at least to me,...
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Valentines from Devere
Unlike popular understanding, science is based more on a process of probability than pure evidence. History is not really any different. While no one knows for absolute certainty, the general thought is Shakespeare wrote...
Desert Where Frost Is
During my short stint with Poembusters, we tackled “Desert Places” by Robert Frost. It’s one of his better poems, yet I did not even know about it until this Poembusters session. Indeed, this poem...
So Much Depends Upon
I used to hate poetry. I never understood it when I read it, and so I never read it. And if I can’t understand it when I read it, especially by the supposed masters,...
The Grave Nettle
I do not know much about A.E. Housman’s poetry, but in terms of style it appears poems like the one in this blog is typical. I read this little poem in a book by...
Reconciliation for Whitman
Here we are as a country, about to swear in the first black President of the United States. The first non-white President too, but of course the fact that he is black brings a...
Pound Po City of Choan
I am not a fan of Ezra Pound, at least not yet. His elusiveness is something I haven’t “gotten”. However, his translations are something else entirely. “City of Choan” is such a poem. But...
Pound Po City of Choan
I am not a fan of Ezra Pound, at least not yet. His elusiveness is something I haven’t “gotten”. However, his translations are something else entirely. “City of Choan” is such a poem. But...
Shell for Adair
Virginia Hamilton Adair wrote poetry all her life, and published in a few journals early in her career, but did not publish again until her first book of poetry at the age of eighty-three,...
Words of Dickinson
I found the words to every thought I ever had — but One — And that — defies me — As a Hand did try to chalk the Sun To Races — nurtured in...