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

Feb 28, 2011

On a Lighter Note

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I did watch the Academy Awards last night. You could say my recent comments on celebrity and groupy-ness were well-timed, though I can't...
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Feb 25, 2011

GROUP POETRY, Conclusion

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Left: A Writing Workshop Round Table Here again is Grace Paley's humble, strong, dignified, soft-spoken "Walking in the Woods....
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Feb 22, 2011

Donald Hall, "Names of Horses"

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Name of Horses - A poem by Donald Hall - American Poems There's one more installment to go, probably tomorrow, on poetry conferences and...
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Feb 20, 2011

'THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS.' GROUP POETRY, Part Two

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Pix: Pie in the Sky It's a winter Sunday, and it's been awhile since I've posted Robert Hayden's classic, "Those Winte...
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Feb 19, 2011

Coleridge Again and the Question of Group Poetry

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So much for Elkhorn city. Back to poetry we go. I intend this to continue some of the ideas posted last Tuesday, February 15, so here again ...
Feb 16, 2011

TIDBITS: ELKHORN CITY, KENTUCKY

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From Wikipedia, about Elkhorn City, Kentucky, hometown of country singer, Patty Loveless: "On October 16, 1882, the post office was r...
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Feb 15, 2011

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Frost at Midnight" : Solitude and Creativity

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In the spirit of yesterday’s talk about poetry and art as more selfless, solitary activities than they seem to be in these days of bountiful...
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Michigan, Ohio River Valley, United States
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