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Nonsense! – The Poetry of Lewis Carroll
by Gene Howington Poetry Friday is usually Elaine’s bailiwick and rightfully so with her being our resident Poet Laureate. Although I appreciate poetry, my personal predilection for the grammatical arts tends toward the novel and its smaller variations. However, that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, Short Video
Tagged Lewis Carroll, Marx Brothers, Neil Gaiman, nonsense, Poetry Friday
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“TORTURES”–A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
By Elaine Magliaro I selected a poem that I think is most appropriate to post this Poetry Friday after the release of the Senate’s CIA torture report earlier in the week. “Tortures” was written by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. Szymborska was awarded the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Poetry Friday, Torture, Wislawa Szymborska
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I, Too, Am America: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
By Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I put together a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. My reason for doing so was because we had had some interesting—and at times contentious—discussions about race, racism, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Poetry
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Dirty Dog!: A Triolet for Poetry Friday
By Elaine Magliaro I love it when life hands me a real situation that serves as inspiration for writing a poem. A few years ago my daughter’s Yellow Lab Jack was taken to a special park where dogs are allowed to run around unleashed. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Literature, Poetry, Poetry about Life, Poetry Friday, Triolets
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POETRY FRIDAY: John Clare’s “Autumn” Read by Richard Burton
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
CROSSROADS: A Poem Dedicated to a Friend upon Reaching a Milestone in His Life
By Elaine Magliaro Mike Spindell noted yesterday that he was coming to the milestone of his 70th birthday. I’m just two years younger than Mike. I have never met him in person. We became friends via the Internet. Over the … Continue reading
POETRY FRIDAY: Jesse Winchester, A Singer and Songwriter with Roots in the American South (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro According to Mandalit Del Barco (NPR), singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester had planned to become a lawyer after he graduated from college. In 1967, however, he got his draft notice and fled to Canada. Barco said that when he … Continue reading
“The End and the Beginning”: An Anti-War Poem by Wislawa Szymborska (VIDEO)
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro For Poetry Friday this week, I’m sharing one of my favorite poems written by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. The poem is titled The End and the Beginning. I choose this poem because I think it’s a … Continue reading
Poetry Friday – Hamish Imlach: Folk singer and musician, raconteur, poet, activist, storyteller and much larger than life
By Charlton Stanley In Scotland, they call it Hogmanay. To most of the rest of the world, it is New Years. The gigantic man quietly slipped away during the wee hours of Hogmanay morning 1996, at the age of 55. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, Literature, Music, Poetry, Scotland, World War II
Tagged Hamish Imlach
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POETRY FRIDAY–“I, Too, Am America”: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I did a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. The impetus for my doing that was the—at times contentious—discussions we had been having about race, racism, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States
Tagged Langston Hughes, Poetry Friday
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