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

Jun 30, 2010

Emily Dickinson, "After great pain . . . "

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After great pain, a formal feeling comes – (372) by Emily Dickinson : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. ...
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Jun 29, 2010

Emily Dickinson, "Hope is the thing with feathers." Video, cardinal landing.

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I'm not a Dickinson expert, but my sense is that "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" is a favorite for many. I like the central ...
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Jun 25, 2010

The Carter Family

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YouTube - Anita Carter - Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Prague 1978 That's Anita Carter, sister of Helen and June Carter Cash. They are ...
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Jun 24, 2010

Randall Jarrell, "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." Arrogance, continued.

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Big water in better days. Hamlet says, “What a piece of work is a man.” I go back and forth between seeing a slab of meat hanging in a...
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Jun 23, 2010

Shelley's "Ozymandias" in Our Time

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I’ve never entirely understood the spirit of conquest, or monuments to oneself or one’s tribe. I had a friend once who was a serious mountai...
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Jun 22, 2010

Ted Kooser, "An Epiphany"

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I've mentioned epiphany a few times. Is Kooser right in thinking that's what's happening in his spider scene? An Epiphany by Ted...
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Jun 18, 2010

Favorite Lines: What Is It We Remember?

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Whether or not she meant to, Altadenahiker in her visitor comment yesterday reminded me of the old writing guideline, "Show, don't ...
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Michigan, Ohio River Valley, United States
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