Banjo52

Conversation. Especially literature and language, education, football and baseball, movies, history, then and now, birds, two-lane roads. "Banjo" is a fun word, and the instrument can make fine music. But this isn't really a blog about banjos, except in the metaphorical sense of interesting sounds riding across a valley from one porch to another. Click on any photo to enlarge. Students, remember to footnote. All text and photos: © 2009-2014 Banjo52

Jan 31, 2010

Poetry: What Is It?

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We Real Cool - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More the singer the stand-up a scene Dadgummit, Brenda, in your comments last time, you...
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Jan 29, 2010

On the Light Side of Darkness: Mastication and Stephen Crane's poetry

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When I am once again the last at a table to finish a meal, I think of my junior high health class and the advice to chew 32 times before swa...
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Jan 28, 2010

HEMINGWAY'S HOUSE, KEY WEST, FLORIDA

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Here’s one of the tour guides at the Hemingway house in Key West. I liked her a lot. She had probably memorized most or all of her talk, and...
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Jan 23, 2010

Dogs, Eye-Contact, Intelligence

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Hard Day of Thinking in the Cement Jungle earns a well-earned nap, but what about the Bad Ear Day And Then The Attack of the Dominatrix Sinc...
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Jan 19, 2010

This Hour and What Is Dead by Li-Young Lee : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.

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This Hour and What Is Dead by Li-Young Lee : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. I've never had a brot...
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Jan 17, 2010

A Few Different Takes on Poetry

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Poets, clog dancers, birds--apparently we all want to be heard, observed, witnessed. That's five of Mrs. Boat Tailed Grackle on the top ...
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Jan 16, 2010

Thomas Lux, "It's the Little Towns I Like"

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It's the Little Towns I Like by Thomas Lux : Poetry Magazine [poem/magazine] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. In pursuit of more...
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