Dear Public Radio, Periodically you perturb me. This morning, while driving through horrendous beltway traffic in the rain, as I was listening to your moderators discuss various blood pressure raising issues — in their usual low key bordering on indifferent manner — I was reminded of my mother calming me as …
Ashes and Waste Lands
As poetry month continues I opine on The Waste Land . A must read if you’ve not yet had the opportunity. Most of us read the version with Eliot’s original notes interspersed, the publisher squeezing the poet’s life story in on the side, in between paragraphs, or via endless footnotes. …
People Are Strange
People are strange when you’re a stranger Faces look ugly when you’re alone Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted Streets are uneven when you’re down Ordered an early birthday present. Makes a nice night shirt. I’m too old for posters. Anything Doors works for poetry month, yes? When you’re strange …
Friends
Continuing poetry month…music is sometimes poetry. Sometimes not, but you got to give credit to creativity and truth. It’s the weekend. Enjoy your Friends. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Friends sing together Friends do things together Friends laugh together Friends make graphs together Friends help you when you’re …
Alice’s Orgasm
I’m checking out Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, the first edition of Alice in Wonderland, made available online by The British Library. Orgasmic to someone who called herself Alice for two years. The news of Alice’s availability on the iPad gives me incentive to purchase one. Alice being there …
